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   Alpha
   Denotes a unipolar SUNSPOT group.
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   Alpha
   A measure of selection risk (also known as residual risk) of a mutual fund in relation to the market. A positive alpha is the extra return awarded to the investor for taking a risk, instead of accepting the market return. For example, an alpha of 0.4 means the fund outperformed the market-based return estimate by 0.4%. An alpha of -0.6 means a fund's monthly return was 0.6% less than would have been predicted from the change in the market alone.
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   Alpha
   Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
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   Alpha
   Alpha is a village in Henry County Illinois, USA. Alpha is a village in Iron County Michigan, USA. Alpha is a township in Hand County South Dakota, USA. Alpha is a borough in Warren County New Jersey, USA. Alpha is a city in Jackson County Minnesota, USA.
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   Alpha
   The highest rank in the social order of each wolf pack. There are both alpha male and alpha female within each pack. Usually this pair are the parents of most of the other members of the pack, as generally only the Alpha pair mate. Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet.
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   Alpha
   Is a measure of the incremental reward (or loss) that an investor gained in relation to the market. Typically, this is measured as performance of a selected portfolio relative to a market benchmark. An enhanced S&P 500 portfolio might have an alpha of .25 which means that the pickup was .25% or a quarter point better than the standard.
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   Alpha
   Alpha is a coefficient that measures the risk-adjusted performance, or the excess return, considering the risk due to the specific fund and its underlying investments, rather than the overall market. A high alpha indicates that the fund has performed better than would be predicted given its beta (volatility).
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   alpha
   [adj] - first in order of importance 2. [n] - the beginning of a series or sequence 3. [n] - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
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   Alpha
   A type of cell in the pancreas. Alpha cells make and release a hormone called glucagons. The body sends a signal to the alpha cells to make glucagons when blood glucose falls too low. The glucagons reaches the liver where it tells it to release glucose into the blood for energy.
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    Alpha
    A new processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. It allows faster processing than the old VAX CPUs and has recently become one of the fastest CPUs that you can buy.
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    Alpha
    The relationship which the return on a stock has with the return on the market as a whole, often... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/alpha.htm?id=1566&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of alpha'>more</a>
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    Alpha
    The alpha of a security or fund is its out-performance over the risk adjusted return, with risk measured by beta....more on Alpha
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    ALPHA
    (language) (Or 'Input') An extension of ALGOL 60 for the M-20 computer developed by A.P. Ershov at Novosibirsk in 1961. ALPHA includes matrix operations, slices, and complex arithmetic. ['The Alpha Automatic Programming System', A.P. Ershov ed., A-P 1971]. (1995-05-10)
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    Alpha
    1. (tool) A compiler generator written by Andreas Koschinsky (koschins@cs.tu-berlin.de) and described in his thesis at the Technische Universitaet Berlin. Alpha takes an attribute grammar and uses Bison and Flex to generate a parser, a scanner and an ASE evaluator (Jazayeri and Walter). The documentation is in german. (1993-02-16) 2. (processor) D...
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    Alpha
    A type of cell in the pancreas. Alpha cells make and release a hormone called glucagons. The body sends a signal to the alpha cells to make glucagons when blood glucose falls too low. The glucagons reaches the liver where it tells it to release glucose into the blood for energy.
    Found on http://www.bddiabetes.co.uk/cgi-bin/bd/b
    
    
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    alpha
    a measure of selection risk(residual risk)of a mutual fund in relation to the market Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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    Alpha
    Definition (keystage 3) The Greek letter α (lower case) or A (upper case), equivalent in sound to the English a.
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    Alpha
    Al'pha noun [ Latin alpha , Greek 'a`lfa , from Hebrew āleph , name of the first letter in the alphabet, also meaning ox .] The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning . « In am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Rev. xxii. 13. » Formerly used ...
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    alpha
    First letter of the Greek alphabet, a. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    alpha
    adjective early testing stage of a software or hardware product; `alpha version`
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    alpha
    adjective first in order of importance; `the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees`; `the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star`
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    alpha
    noun the beginning of a series or sequence; `the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end`--Revelations
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    alpha
    noun the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
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    Alpha
    Measure of risk-adjusted performance. An alpha is usually generated by regressing the security or mutual fund`s excess return on the S&P 500 excess return. The beta adjusts for the risk (the slope coefficient). The alpha is the intercept. Example: Suppose the mutual fund has a return of 25%, and the short-term interest rate is 5% (excess return...
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    Alpha
    • (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
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