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Glossary term

Beta

Sensitivity to the broad market.

Beta measures how much an investment tends to move with a benchmark such as the S&P 500. A beta near 1 moves roughly with the market; a beta near 0 has little market exposure.

Example: A portfolio with beta 0.5 would usually move about half as much as the market, though not perfectly.

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