Walter Energy (WLT)

47.58 -0.87  -1.80%  Jun 01, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Walter Energy Beta: 1.812

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WLT Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.220 Jun 2008
Maximum 2.841 Oct 2007
Average 1.900

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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WLT News

@Irishrebel even $wlt had a higher prob of being green than $appl today (and did go green for a min)
about 19 hours ago by Irishrebel
If the market was green would have to think that some of the $KOL would be up 10%+ $ANR $ACI $WLT $PCX $JRCC
about a day ago by CDMCapital
Is it Time for Coal Stocks?
Jun 01, 2:30PM Fool
$WLT trying to turn green. There's a joke in here somewhere...I'll get back to you. Go coal!! Any day now...
about a day ago by DigDugTrader
Nice positive article on $WLT in Barrons. Days like today are when we need to remember the long term potential of great companies .
about a day ago by dowdoc
$WLT Re: previous "bottom pickers" comment: More like shorts covering and covering up nervousness that sentiment is changing.
about a day ago by mjapple
Coal miners showing surprising strength $ANR $BTU $WLT
about a day ago by Sirtuan
$WLT bottom pickers that bought at higher prices now looking for some kind of salvation to save their bad decisions ;-)
about a day ago by TAman87
$WLT CNBC just noted reversal in FCX. Bid in commodities w/ talk of QE3 and shorts getting nervous about major ECB action. Hmm, I'll wait.
about a day ago by mjapple
$WLT Not that big of a flush. I'll go out on a limb and say WLT green by end of day. QE3, buyout talk . . . something will save it
about a day ago by mjapple
$WLT New 52 Week Low - Crossed daily lows support.
about a day ago by TradeIdeasQuant
RT @StrayTrader $ANR $BTU $WLT are not going to zero. Buy them. I wouldn't touch $PCX $JRCC or even $ACI.>> Agree top 3 cld be 3x baggers
about 2 days ago by CDMCapital
$ANR $BTU $WLT are not going to zero. Buy them. I wouldn't touch $PCX $JRCC or even $ACI.
about 2 days ago by StrayTrader
$WLT Storming back. Let's see if there's another leg down or if 47-48 is the line in the sand.
about 2 days ago by mjapple
$WLT upgrade was a gift this AM
about 2 days ago by AaronJ
$WLT looking for a target in the mid 30's for this one imo
about 2 days ago by TAman87
$WLT added small long here 48.95... will this stock ever go up ?
about 3 days ago by alighi
$WLT Anything has the potential to do anything. If someone can't tell us why, give us a specific reason, then it's just guessing.
about 3 days ago by mjapple
$WLT this thing has the potential to cascade into the mid 30's if the 47ish area is broken imo
about 3 days ago by TAman87
$WLT Still looking for that 48-ish triple bottom. How much time will Walter spend in the 40s I wonder?
about 3 days ago by mjapple
Just as an FYI, all comments made are based on how I feel at that particular moment from a day trade perspective. No opinion on $WLT now.
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
$KOL Most coal names getting to lows of day after the short covering rally this morning. Prob sell it till the close $ANR $ACI $BTU $WLT
about 4 days ago by CDMCapital
Walking from $WLT short, just cannot get it to break hard with expected rollover in market.
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
Observation:Somebody keeps holding 51.50 on $WLT, a break of 51.50 & 51.10 & actually think we can see unchanged with broad market pullback
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
$WLT $X held some overnight and dumping them now. Hope you all had a nice holiday weekend
about 4 days ago by Hitthebidradio
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