beta coefficient — be‧ta co‧ef‧fi‧cient [ˈbiːtə kəʊˌfɪʆnt ǁ ˈbeɪtə koʊ ] also ˈbeta ˌfactor, beta noun [singular] FINANCE STATISTICS a measurement of the amount of change in a share price over a period of time, compared with the average amount of change in all… … Financial and business terms
Beta-Diversität — ist ein Maß für die ökologische Vielfalt (engl: diversity, eingedeutscht zu Diversität) auf einer mittleren Raumebene, der sog. Landschaftsebene. Der Ausdruck wird definiert in einer Theorie des amerikanischen Ökologen Robert H. Whittaker… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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beta — A measure correlating stock price movement to the movement of an index. Beta is used to determine the number of contracts required to hedge with stock index futures or futures options. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary A Greek letter used by… … Financial and business terms
beta — 1. A measure of the degree to which the *returns on a *security track the rest of a market. A beta coefficient is a measurement of the volatility of a * security’s *systematic risk, which under *portfolio theory cannot be reduced through… … Auditor's dictionary
Measurement of biodiversity — Main article: Biodiversity Polar bears on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, near the north pole. A variety of objective measures have been created in order to empirically measure biodiversity. Each measure of biodiversity relates to a particular… … Wikipedia
beta index — a measurement of connectivity using the formula β = e/v where e is number of edges and v is number of vertices. The higher the value of β the greater the connectivity … Geography glossary
beta — / bi:tə/ noun a measurement of the return on investment in a certain stock compared against a one percentage point return on the stock market in general: it shows the volatility in the price of the share compared to the FTSE All Share Index … Dictionary of banking and finance
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