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A  measure of the degree to which rate of return of a share tracks that of the equity market as a whole (defined as the ''covariance'' (qv) between  the share's rate of return  and the average  market rate, divided by the ''variance'' (qv) of the market rate). If beta = 1 the share's rate of return moves in line with the market rate; if it is negative, it falls when the market rate rises.
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A  measure of the degree to which the rate of return of a share tracks that of the equity market as a whole (defined as the [[covariance]]  between  the share's rate of return  and the average  market rate, divided by the [[variance]]  of the market rate). If beta = 1 the share's rate of return moves in line with the market rate; if it is negative, it falls when the market rate rises.

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Beta (finance) [r]: A measure of the degree to which the rate of return of a share tracks that of the equity market as a whole (defined as the covariance between the share's rate of return and the average market rate, divided by the variance of the market rate). If beta = 1 the share's rate of return moves in line with the market rate; if it is negative, it falls when the market rate rises.