Back in July, I caught wind of yet another psychic medium ârealityâ show in development. This one seems tailor-made for Hollywood. Or, should I sayâ¦ âtyler-madeâ? The eight-episode hour-long series âfollows 19-year-old âcelebrity mediumâ Tyler Henry, as he balances his unique abilities with trying to be a regular teenager.â Heâs 20 now.
DEFINITION of 'Beta'. Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta is used in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), a model that calculates the expected return of an asset based on its beta and expected market returns.Also known as beta coefficient.. beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market. For example, if a stock's beta is 1.2, it's theoretically 20% more volatile than the market.
A beta greater than one generally means that the asset both is volatile and tends to move up and down with the market. An example is a stock in a big technology company. Negative betas are possible for investments that tend to go down when the market goes up, and vice versa.