Risk Management

Alpha

Definition

The excess return of an investment relative to its benchmark. Positive alpha indicates outperformance; negative alpha indicates underperformance.

Example

The trading strategy generated 5% alpha by outperforming the S&P 500 by 5 percentage points.

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