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Beta metrics quantify pure financial anxiety

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In the sterile world of finance, they have actually found a strictly mathematical way to measure sheer panic. The Beta of a stock is an economic metric that calculates exactly how wildly a specific asset swings in price compared to the overall market, giving investors a clear numerical value for exactly how much sleep they are going to lose.

Beta metrics quantify pure financial anxiety
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