Glossary
- Alpha (α)
A coefficient which measures risk-adjusted performance, factoring in the risk due to the specific stock, mutual fund or portfolio, rather than the overall market.
- Baby Boomer
There was a spike in the birth rate immediately after the end of the Second World War up to around 1960. A person born during this period is known as a baby boomer.
- Beta (β)
A quantitative measure of the volatility of a given stock, mutual fund, or portfolio, relative to the overall market.
- BRIC
Acronym referring to the following countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
- Dependency Ratio
A ratio calculated by taking the number of retirees and dividing it by the number of workers in a population.
- ETF
Electronically Traded Fund. A fund that tracks an index, but can ...
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