Beta in finance isn’t static—Amazon’s beta dropped to

Beta in finance isn’t static—Amazon’s beta dropped to 1.09 amid strong cloud revenue consistency. Lower beta implies reduced market correlation risk, attractive for defensive tech investors during uncertain macroeconomic conditions. While access to the closed beta is limited, it's still more widely available than previous Call of Duty closed betas. Usually, people who preorder the game get special access to the closed beta -- this is still true with Call of Duty Black Ops 7. This time around, though, Microsoft is adding another way to play during the early-access beta period. Beta is represented as a number. Based on beta analysis, the overall stock market has a beta of 1. And the beta of individual stocks determines how far they deviate from the broader market. Market strategists use beta in finance to forecast drawdowns. Small-cap Russell 2000’s sector beta currently stands at 1.47, suggesting larger swings than the S&P, magnified by weaker earnings revisions this quarter.