Alpha measures an investment's performance relative to a market benchmark, indicating excess returns generated by active management. Investors and portfolio managers use this metric to evaluate skill in stock selection or strategy effectiveness. Institutional traders, hedge funds, and savvy individual investors benefit most from analyzing alpha to identify outperforming assets and refine risk-adjusted decisions.
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