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	{{a\|pb\|}}''Are you sure you’re not looking for our page on '''[[vega]]'''?''		{{a\|pb\|}}''Are you sure you’re not looking for our page on '''[[vega]]'''?'' <br>
	[[Alpha]], ''[[α]]'', is one of the {{tag\|Greeks}} - the ''first'' of the {{tag\|Greeks}} - a {{tag\|buzzword}} beloved of unimaginative derivative salespeople and second-rate {{tag\|hedge fund}} managers and hence was much abused in the run up to the great financial crash of 2008. Like many financial buzzwords, it is derived from a technical term in portfolio management theory which does mean something, though through long misuse the original, helpful meaning has mostly fallen out of use.		[[Alpha]], ''[[α]]'', is one of the {{tag\|Greeks}} - the ''first'' of the {{tag\|Greeks}} - a {{tag\|buzzword}} beloved of unimaginative derivative salespeople and second-rate {{tag\|hedge fund}} managers and hence was much abused in the run up to the great financial crash of 2008. Like many financial buzzwords, it is derived from a technical term in portfolio management theory which does mean something, though through long misuse the original, helpful meaning has mostly fallen out of use.