Beta
How much a position moves relative to its benchmark market.
A beta of 1 moves with the market, above 1 amplifies its swings, and below 1 dampens them. It captures market (systematic) risk that diversification cannot remove, and is a building block for sizing exposure and separating market-driven returns from skill.
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