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beta	OpenBB SDK Function

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beta

Calculate beta for a ticker and a reference ticker.

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openbb.stocks.qa.beta(symbol: str, ref_symbol: str, data: pd.DataFrame = None, ref_data: pd.DataFrame = None, interval: int = 1440)

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	str	A ticker to calculate beta for	None	False
ref_symbol	str	A reference ticker symbol for the beta calculation (default in terminal is SPY)	None	False
data	pd.DataFrame	The selected ticker symbols price data	None	True
ref_data	pd.DataFrame	The reference ticker symbols price data	None	True
interval	int	The interval of the ref_data. This will ONLY be used if ref_data is None	1440	True

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Returns

Type	Description
Tuple[pd.Series, pd.Series, float, float]	Stock ticker symbols close-to-close returns, Reference ticker symbols close-to-close returns, beta, alpha

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Display the beta scatterplot + linear regression.

Source Code: [link]

openbb.stocks.qa.beta_chart(symbol: str, ref_symbol: str, data: pd.DataFrame = None, ref_data: pd.DataFrame = None, interval: int = 1440, export: str = "")

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	str	A ticker to calculate beta for	None	False
ref_symbol	str	A reference ticker symbol for the beta calculation (default in terminal is SPY)	None	False
data	pd.DataFrame	The selected ticker symbols price data	None	True
ref_data	pd.DataFrame	The reference ticker symbols price data	None	True
interval	int	The interval of the ref_data. This will ONLY be used if ref_data is None	1440	True

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Returns

This function does not return anything

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