W. P. Carey and (WPC)

44.80 -0.77  -1.69%  Jun 01, 8:00PM Go Pro
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W. P. Carey and Beta: 0.9438

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WPC Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.1546 Jun 2007
Maximum 1.107 Mar 2009
Average 0.8690

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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WPC News

Services Sector Wrap
May 22, 4:35PM Fox Business
$WPC Insider Buy: $433K of stock bought by Charles Parente on May 15, 2012 http://stks.co/3srO
about 15 days ago by MarketBrief
$WPC is -5.7% down since open on unusual high volume and -7.8% down since close.
about 18 days ago by TradeBot
$WPC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3j7V
about 25 days ago by MarketBrief
W.P. Carey & Co. (WPC) Tops Q1 Views
May 07, 9:29AM Street Insider
This Week's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stks.co/33EL $SPRD $TESS $BBY $MR $WPC $HOTT $BTU $GOLD $KBH
about 71 days ago by DynamicDividend
W.P Carey Raises Distribution for 44th Consecutive *Quarter* -- Now Yields 4.9%: http://stks.co/2w3H $WPC
about 75 days ago by DynamicDividend
W.P. Carey & Co. (WPC) Posts Q4 adj.-FFO of 88c
Feb 28, 9:07AM Street Insider
$WPC is 5.4% up since open on unusual high volume and 6.6% up since close.
about 102 days ago by TradeBot
W.P. Carey raises distribution for the 43rd consecutive *quarter* -- yields 5.4%: http://stks.co/1Rai $WPC
about 177 days ago by DynamicDividend
$WPC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/122Z
about 207 days ago by MarketBrief
RT @DynamicDividend W.P. Carey now yields 5.8% after lifting payout for 42nd straight *quarter* http://stks.co/FG0 / $WPC
about 260 days ago by StockTwits
W.P. Carey now yields 5.8% after lifting payout for 42nd straight *quarter* http://stks.co/FFL / $WPC
about 260 days ago by DynamicDividend
Stocks yielding 6% as a result of last week's selloff: $AZN $CINF $EPD $HCN $HCP $MWE $NNN $OFC $WPC $WRE more: http://stk.ly/p4p5xm
about 300 days ago by DynamicDividend
$WPC http://chart.ly/3787vdr Yes @paulwoll it had only 170k shares today and for it a big day - could only trade small positions
about 317 days ago by StockTiger
WP Carey Raises Qtr Dividend To $0.55 From $0.512 $WPC
about 352 days ago by Benzinga
Out of $WPC @ $31.80
about 523 days ago by annveena
Started a position in W.P. Carey & Co $WPC @ $30.87
about 527 days ago by annveena
Another quarter, another nominal dividend hike from W.P. Carey http://goo.gl/A5HJn $WPC
about 541 days ago by DynamicDividend
$WPC: Davenport cuts to Neutral http://bit.ly/d1Z4vD
about 684 days ago by cbayna
$WPC: Davenport cuts to Neutral
about 684 days ago by cbayna
$WPC: Davenport ups to Buy
about 740 days ago by cbayna
$WPC: Dougherty & Company ups to Buy
about 740 days ago by cbayna
$WPC good volume http://fsc.bz/361 #WORDEN
about 831 days ago by riotercero
Short $WPC
about 1107 days ago by TradeIdeas1

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