Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and ...

In a nutshell, beta is a measure of how reactive a stock is to overall market movements – particularly those of the S&P 500 benchmark index. Obviously, stocks move individually, and for a variety of ...

A higher stock’s beta coefficient is indicative of greater systematic risk and lower investment attractiveness. Current beta of Amazon is at the record high. History teaches that buying shares of a ...

Tim Smith has 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, both as a writer and as a trader. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...

During this recent correction I've received the same question from various investors: “Why did my best stocks drop the most?” The simple answer is that your best stocks probably had the highest Beta ...