Portfolio Management Series: A Conundrum of Negative Beta!



A few days back, while teaching Portfolio Management and while discussing the concept of Beta, a student asked me Sir, can beta be negative? This is one question which baffles a lot of finance students. Let me deliberate on what causes the confusion and what could be the plausible explanation of
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Amit Parakh, an IIM Ahmedabad graduate is an avid trainer in the finance space. He is a lead trainer for prep courses like SFM, CFA and FRM courses and offers theseat portals like finstudyclub.com, caclubindia.com etc. Check/coaching/280-strategic-financial-management.asp Having cracked CA (all India 14th rank), ... Read more

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