But eventually RBC found me, and I was kind of like a beta test for them because they said I was
high beta, meaning high risk, but if it worked out it would work out really well.
In order to achieve these type of gains, the stocks we swing trade are typically
high beta, with plenty of volatility.
While volume on the Big Board spiked by 17.4 %, it eased by 3.8 % on the Nasdaq, allowing
the higher beta index to avoid distribution.
For example, investors typically equate
higher beta or riskier «glamor stocks» with momentum.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the materials sector,
a high beta group, got caught up in the recent equity market sell - off.
The major indices all fell more than one percent, with
the higher beta exchanges leading the decline.
It also produces considerable sector biases relative to the market, sometimes to sectors with
higher beta.
All five major indices closed well in the black with
higher beta stocks showing the most strength.
Growth stocks are
high beta, when they fall they fall hard.
The higher the beta of a fund, the higher the market risk is of the fund.
And you do not have to buy
high beta (volatile) stocks.
Sectors with
higher betas confer greater risks, while sectors with lower betas offer greater stability during downturns.
• Extremely
high beta (price volatility).
A bear market tends to favor lower volatility stocks while a bull market favors
higher beta / growth stocks.
A stock that performs 50 percent worse than the S&P 500 in a down market and a stock that performs 50 percent better than the S&P 500 in an up market will each have
a high beta.
EQUITIES THEMATIC — SAME AS IT EVER WAS: Small Cap /
High Beta / Cyclicals / Value / High Short Interest / Inflation / Domestic Exposure / Weak Balance Sheet over Low Vol / Defensives / Anti-Beta / Growth / Quality / Strong Balance Sheet.
If the Dollar broke lower, its likely too that bonds and duration would rally; defensives (staples, utes, reits) and growth (tech / biotech / discret) squeeze against crowded value unwinding (fins, energy, indus); yen and euro would squeeze mightily; gold squeezes while copper pukes in a favorite commodities «pair» unwind; HY could reverse weaker vs IG (currently everybody long CCC vs BB on
the high beta trade)... this would be the theoretical path to our next pain - trade or even VaR shock.
High beta stocks showed the most relative strength as the small - cap Russell 2000, S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq managed gains of 0.7 %, 0.5 % and 0.4 % respectively.
NASDAQ stocks, especially those with
high betas, fell last Thursday because of a JPMorgan equity research note expressing caution about Baidu's (NASDAQ: BIDU) 3Q revenue estimates.
«We're really looking for
high beta that have participated on the upside of the market, not just something that got whacked,» Burkly said in a Tuesday «Trading Nation» interview.
Despite this top - end concentration, investors get exposure to
some higher beta small - caps as well.
The very
high beta exposure taken by managers and institutions lately (see Unbalanced Risk) strikes me as particularly dangerous in an environment where we continue to estimate the market's return / risk profile among the most negative 0.5 % of historical instances.
A diversified portfolio of
high Beta equities will tend to outperform the broader market when prices are on the rise, but lag behind when the market falters.
These stocks all carry
high Betas, reflecting to a large degree their sensitivity to trends in the broader economy.
«They are simply not in favor in the context of a bull market, where investors generally want something more growth,
higher beta, more speculative.»
From an investment perspective,
a high Beta is one of the most notable features of the typical Manufacturing & Mining stock.
The high beta index closed the session up 0.1 %, while the Nasdaq closed fractionally higher.
The Xtrackers
High Beta High Yield Bond ETF tracks an index of USD - denominated high yield bonds with a high yield to worst.
The high beta index slid 0.8 %.
Higher beta issues dominated the action, as the small - cap Russell 2000, S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq posted gains of 2.0 %, 1.6 % and 1.5 % respectively.
We selected the five undervalued companies for value investors reviewed by ModernGraham with
the highest beta.
This is based on
its high beta, which is a good indicator for how much the stock moves relative to the rest of the market.
HYUP provides exposure to a portion of the USD high - yield bond space that exhibits
higher beta, which may appeal to investors who want a risk - on approach.
They test this strategy on combinations of seven indexes comprising a spectrum of risk (listed lowest to highest): BofA Merrill Lynch 5 - 7 Year Treasury Index (Treasuries); CBOE S&P 500 Buy - Write Index (BuyWrite); S&P 500 Low Volatility Index (Low Volatility); S&P 500 Index (SP500); Russell 2000 Index (R2000); Morgan Stanley Cyclicals Index (Cyclicals); and, S&P 500
High Beta Index (
High Beta).
This is because the very long - term leases that underpin their steady and predictable cash flows (new leases are generally for 15 to 20 years) also create
a higher beta to yield (i.e. their stock prices react more severely to movements in interest rates).
They rank as one of the highest vegetable sources of antioxidants thanks to their crazy
high beta - carotene content.
There will be some recurrent expenditure for monitoring and maintaining
the high beta - carotene trait in Golden Rice, but these costs will be relatively low compared with the ongoing costs of traditional supplementation and fortification programs.
It has been predicted that its contribution to alleviating vitamin A deficiency would be substantially improved through even
higher beta - carotene content.
Carrots are also well - known for
their high beta - carotene content which aids in the health of the skin and heart.
The high beta - carotene content of mango — evident in its vibrant orange flesh — is converted by your baby's body to vitamin A. Rich in anti-oxidants, mango helps boost the immune system and can play a role in preventing serious diseases like cancer and heart disease.
The ears wiggle, indicating high alpha and
high beta wave activity, when you are both highly focused and highly relaxed (right).
Working with USAID and later HarvestPlus and the National Science Foundation, Rocheford has used natural breeding techniques to pioneer
high beta - carotenoid orange corn.
The brains of mice genetically modified to lack normal prion proteins had significantly
higher beta - amyloid levels.
The campaign will also increase the heating power of the stellarator to eight megawatts to enable operation at
a higher beta — the ratio of plasma pressure to the magnetic field pressure, a key factor for plasma confinement.
Sabbagh next moved to the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), where he investigated ways to stabilize plasma at
high beta by controlling phenomena called resistive wall mode instabilities.
The study found a small increased risk of having
higher beta - amyloid if the subjects had higher levels of LDL and lower levels of HDL.
The bright orange - red color of nectarines is due to
its high beta - carotene content.
Are
the high beta - sitosterol and campsterol levels unequivocally bad?
Carrots are also well - known for
their high beta - carotene content which aids in the health of the skin and heart.
Their orange color indicates
a high beta - carotene content, which your body converts to vitamin A. Vitamin A is necessary for proper function of your eyes, skin and organs.