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Finance glossary

R-Squared

Risk · advanced
Definition

How much of an investment movement is explained by its benchmark.

R-squared ranges from 0 to 100 percent, showing the proportion of a fund movements explained by its benchmark. A high R-squared means the fund closely tracks the index, making its alpha and beta more meaningful; a low value means other factors drive returns.

In a sentence

The fund's R-squared of 95% showed its moves were almost entirely explained by the index.

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