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.
The beta for the overall market is the benchmark betaâit is 1.0 and other betas are viewed in relation to this benchmark. The positive or negative sign on a beta indicates whether the stockâs return changes in the same direction as the general market (positive beta) or in the opposite direction (negative beta).