Jesse Emspak has 20+ years of experience as journalistic entrepreneur and 10 years of financial services reporting on Wall Street. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced ...

Alpha and beta values compare the risks and rewards of an investment with overall market trends. To investors expecting high returns from riskier securities, alpha and beta values provide essential ...

Alpha and beta are measures used by investors to classify the performance and risk of an investment security or portfolio. Beta is a measure of market risk, and alpha expresses whether the returns of ...

Alpha release is the initial software version for limited testing, while Beta is for broader testing and feedback before the final release. An alpha release is an under-development version of software ...

Two terms often tossed around within the investing community are “alpha” and “beta.” While metrics such as price-to-earnings ratio and tangible book value per share are relatively self-explanatory, ...