Silver Wheaton (SLW)

26.64 +1.16  +4.55%  Jun 01, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Silver Wheaton Beta: 1.523

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SLW Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.485 Aug 2011
Maximum 2.951 Dec 2008
Average 1.889

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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SLW News

@paulwoll $SLW didn't leave yourself much breathing room with a 7cent, 3/10 of a percent stoploss there...
about 12 hours ago by MidasRex
Gold Stocks, ETFs Glitter As Jobs Data Fuel QE3 Hope
Jun 01, 3:05PM Investor's Business Daily
Precious Metals Stocks Gain Social MoMo: The StockTwits Heatmap http://stks.co/44Td Materials Materials 1HR $GOLD $ABX $SLW
about 12 hours ago by howardlindzon
Precious Metals Stocks Gain Social MoMo: The StockTwits Heatmap http://stks.co/44TX Materials Materials 1HR $GOLD $ABX $SLW
about 12 hours ago by StockTwits
Stocks to BUY ($JPM type hedge) or use as a real hedge ... $GLD $GOLD $SLW $GDX ... up huge today
about 14 hours ago by StockDaytrader
haha and $SLW dgaf and continues higher. :)
about 15 hours ago by Beastified
miners ripping $GDX $GDXJ $NEM $GG $SLW
about 17 hours ago by mytfine
Tomorrow's Monster Stock
May 31, 2:09PM Fool
still smells...$SLV vs $SLW $CDE $EXK $HL - it's get those damn commodity equities off my books
about 2 days ago by mytfine
out all $SLW 26.25
about 3 days ago by Beastified
out 3/4 $SLW 26.28
about 3 days ago by Beastified
long $SLW 25.99
about 3 days ago by Beastified
@Sliver I'm still in $NFLX...a little pain but support should be here soon. (long $SLW fwiw)
about 3 days ago by kman3434
$ugl out -.20 and all out $slw -.32 and I'm done for today
about 4 days ago by doomdog144
Bought back $slw common this time
about 4 days ago by doomdog144
took gains on $slw calls +.50, probably too early but who cares
about 4 days ago by doomdog144
$SLW http://stks.co/40Pf @minitrader88 it has had trouble at the 20-day MA for 5 times now - interested on break above
about 4 days ago by StockTiger
I'm went long some gold via the $ugl today, only holding around 30% debt fund 30% in $ked and a few $slw calls, relaxing
about 8 days ago by doomdog144
long $SLW
about 9 days ago by Beastified
$SLW is jealous of $GG. Giddy up!
about 10 days ago by benrab
$SLW HOD, $GG
about 10 days ago by benrab
$GG $SLW UP UP AND AWWWAAYYY
about 10 days ago by BigMoneyTrade
$SLV -1.19%, slipping, 27.46. Weekly 27 puts -4% .24 x .26: http://stks.co/3vCh $SI_F $SLW
about 12 days ago by OptionsCommander
$GG $SLW EURO down the toilet, I hope Bank of America & Citi Bank go with it. US Markets sold off for 11 years suckers fake economy fake $US
about 14 days ago by plankton
Going into the weekend long $GG $CLNE $SLW $APA $PZG $VXX
about 14 days ago by BigMoneyTrade
$SLW sitting at 50% retracement from Nov 2008 low to Apr 2011 high....could be an intermediate bottom
about 15 days ago by phicycles
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stks.co/3sjx $GORO $ABX $GG $SLW $WMT $NEM $KBH $HLF $GME $AAP ...
about 15 days ago by DynamicDividend
Large volume buys picked up in last 10 minutes of $SLV $GLD - Gap up for inflation trades, good for miners $GG $SLW
about 15 days ago by BigMoneyTrade
$GG $SLW Round 2, Break out time!
about 16 days ago by BigMoneyTrade
$SLW $25 is a sizable level. Need to push through that to maintain momentum.
about 16 days ago by DistantLight
Markets crashing and i'm still up above 5% for the ay $GG $SLW $PZG :P
about 16 days ago by BigMoneyTrade
The Low-Cost King of Silver
May 14, 8:24PM Fool
Basic Materials Sector Wrap
May 14, 4:51PM Fox Business
Silver Wheaton: Q1 Earnings Up, Shares Fall
May 14, 1:05PM Investor Place
Silver Wheaton (SLW) Misses Q1 EPS by 3c
May 14, 6:32AM Street Insider
Why Isn't Gold Soaring?
May 09, 9:42AM Fool
All That Streams Is Not Silver
May 01, 5:00PM Fool

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