Alpha and beta are two terms that get thrown around a lot in investing. They sound complicated, but they’re actually much simpler than they seem. Here’s what you need to know about alpha and ...

Alpha measures a manager's skill in adding value to a portfolio beyond market gains. Beta assesses how a stock or fund's volatility compares to the market average. High alpha and low beta indicate ...

Alpha (α) and its related measure, beta (β), are part of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). This is an equation devised by Bill Sharpe and his colleagues in the early 1960s to determine if ...

After the global financial crisis, it took nearly a decade for portable alpha to begin cropping up again, said Jon Caplis, CEO of PivotalPath, a hedge fund research firm.