BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Alpha Value
- a sum paid to an employee when he or she leaves a company that can be transferred to a concessionally taxed investment account such as an Approved Deposit Fund
Additional Resources
- Microsoft Bing Search Engine Incorporates Wolfram Alpha, Local News
- Microsoft announced new features to Bing, its search engine, on Nov. 11 including localized news and weather, an expanded video page, and search results from Wolfram Alpha, a "computational engine" designed to provide users with a definitive--and often numerical--answer to a search query. Although Wolfram Alpha specializes in offering answers...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Alpha Credit Bank changes name to Alpha Bank
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 1, 2000 J.P. Morgan, as depositary bank, announced Alpha Credit Bank A.E.'s name change to Alpha Bank A.E. as well as a change in the nominal value of the issuer's Common Voting Shares of nominal value Drs 1,500, into Common Voting Shares of...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- Alpha Analytics Value Fund Posts 11.5 Percent Return in Third Quarter
- Business Editors LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 9, 2000 Alpha Analytics Value Fund returned 11.45 percent during the third quarter 2000 according Robert E. Gipson, president of Alpha Analytics, a Los Angeles-based mutual fund company. During that same time, the S&P 500 declined -1.25% Year-to-date through September 30, 2000...
- Research articles 2000-10-09
- Deutsche Asset Management Launches Enhanced Stable Value Fund
- NEW YORK -- Deutsche Asset Management DeAM today announced the launch of its enhanced stable value fund The Fund. The Fund's strategy is to combine the advantages of a stable value portfolio, generally a large allocation within defined contribution plans, with the portable alpha capabilities of the Quantitative Strategy Group's...
- Research articles 2006-03-09
- Lexmark: Solid Value Play Under $18
- H.J. Huney submits: I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for deep value stocks. When I spot a stock that appears to be selling well below its intrinsic value and seems to offer extremely favorable risk-reward prospects, I get giddy. Is that wrong? I hope not, because it feels so right....
- External links 2009-06-12
- Value Strategies: Market Hedge and Performance Edge
- The past five years qualifies as nearly a lifetime of experience in market behavior. Overall, investment styles behaved according to preconceptions. Growth soared when the market roared, and Value showed its toughness during the market slump. While this may have satisfied general expectations of style behavior, it didn't prevent unpleasant...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Can We Really Combine Value And Growth Large And Small To Get A Portfolio That Is Style/Size Neutral, And Still Deliver Alpha?
- A common approach in overall fund construction is to be neutral with respect to size and value effects. This article looks at the returns of small/large cap stocks and value/growth stocks in the U.S. and International markets. Given the systematic premiums that are associated with small cap and value stocks,...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Alpha Carry - A Closer Look at Active Investment Manager Fees
- Investment manager fees have preoccupied much of the investment industry's attention, especially during the last several months. Investment management fees, like investment returns, can be viewed in alpha and beta terms. Such an analysis produces a metric known as alpha carry, which measures an active manager's true cost and value....
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. to Present at Urchin Capital Partners "Value Below the Radar Conference 2006" on October 24th
- NOGALES, Ariz. -- Alpha Pro Tech (AMEX:APT)(CHX:APT) a leading manufacturer of products designed to protect people, products and environments, including disposable protective apparel and building products, today announced that its President, Al Millar, and Michael Scheerer, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, will present at the Urchin Capital Partners "Value...
- Research articles 2006-10-17
- Alpha hunter's endless quest.
- Byline: Barrie Dunstan Nov 02, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- International investment expert, Martin Leibowitz, formulated the concept of alpha hunters. Leibowitz, of Morgan Stanley in New York, identified the philosophical difference in investment management between "passive...
- Research articles 2006-11-02
- Buckeye Cellulose Completes Alpha Acquisition
- MEMPHIS, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1996--Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (NYSE: BKI) today announced that it has completed the purchase of Alpha Cellulose Corporation, Lumberton, NC, effective September 1, 1996.Acquisition of Alpha will increase Buckeye's specialty pulp capacity by approximately 8% and will enhance quality, value and service to specialty pulp customers worldwide."We...
- Research articles 1996-09-03
- Clarification of Gold Comments in Seeking Alpha Live Discussion
- Calafia Beach Pundit submits: In the Seeking Alpha discussion yesterday, I mentioned that I thought gold was trading at a significant premium. I guessed that the mean-reverting value of gold today was about $500, but in updating this chart I realized now that $400 sounds better. Regardless, I...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Dry Clean USA: Deep Value in this Micro Cap
- John DiStanislao submits: Dry Clean USA DCU is completely neglected, ignored, unloved and illiquid but is still one of the deepest of deep value micro cap stocks, in my opinion. Dry Clean USA closed at $1.00 this past Friday 09/23/09 and qualifies as a candidate to discuss on Seeking Alpha....
- External links 2009-09-29
- Guaranteed Enhanced Indexing : Its Simplicity And Locked-In Alpha Make It Worth A Look
- Guaranteed enhanced indexing GEI is an insurance-based approach to enhancing index returns. As its name suggests, alpha performance is contractually "guaranteed" by the insurance company issuing the contract. This strategy represents a fundamentally different way to achieve index alpha, compared to traditional "best efforts" approaches, and offers the potential for...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Alpha launches addition to its range.
- Byline: Pirkko Juntunen Alpha Investment Management, the US fund of hedge fund provider, has launched a global relative value fund which is focusing on market neutral strategies. The fund will invest approximately 60:40 in long/short and Alpha is currently researching managers to back it....
- Research articles 2002-06-03
- Alpha Natural Resources Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Your first question comes from Jim M. Rollyson from Raymond James. James M. Rollyson - Raymond James & Associates Hi Mike, your balance sheet’s obviously in awfully good shape. Maybe spend a minute just thinking or talking about how you...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-05
- News: Consultants dispute value of alpha fees.
- Byline: David Ricketts Alpha-hungry pension funds are paying 50% more in fees than they were five years ago, according to new research from Watson Wyatt. The global consulting firm found that fees now average 110 basis points compared to 65 basis...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- McDonald's vs. Burger King - The Alpha Hamburger
- Eric Falkenstein submits: I would estimate 90% of all alpha is misrepresented. Anyone in charge of a business line making money is usually too embarrassed by the straightforward nature of their advantage to admit it, so they have to point out some nuance that makes absolutely no difference. Thus,...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Japanese ADRs Trading Below or Near Book Value
- In response to an article I published yesterday, “Goldman forecasts recovery in Japanese stocks from mid-2009", which was carried on Seeking Alpha, a reader asked for some “big cap” stocks trading at/near book value, among other things. Following is a quick list of select stocks with ADRs. Trading below...
- External links 2008-08-27
- Value still best for Australian shares.
- May 07, 2003 (Money Management - ABIX via COMTEX) InvestorWeb has released its Australian Shares Fund Sector Review. The report reveals that value fund managers are providing better returns than growth managers. Among the fund managers downgraded by the report were Ausbil, AMP Henderson...
- Research articles 2003-05-07
