You can use the slope function on excel which takes a cell range representing the Y-Variable and another cell range representing the X-Variables. For instance the Y-Variable may be a column of excess returns for a stock and the X-Variable maybe the column of risk premia.
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You'll need a spreadsheet like Excel. Do the following. 1) Get percentage daily returns for the stock between two dates (I suggest every day for a year). You can get this historical data from Yahoo Finance 2) Pick a benchmark index 3) Get percentage daily returns for the index between the two dates as well 4) Calculate the covariance of the stock with respect to the index and divide by the variance of the stock [the two excel functions you'll need are covariance.p() and variance.p() ] Go to the related link below for a spreadsheet to do this.
Check out these websites: http://faculty.babson.edu/academic/Beta/CalculateBeta.htm http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Beta-and-Volatility/
I'll give you some common Greek symbols used in statistical analyses. I can't tell you which is the most common one given the enormous task of reviewing every statistics book. The Greek mu for mean, sigma for variance and rho for correlation are probably the first ones that one encounters in statistical analyses. Also, beta for beta distribution, gamma for gamma distribution, chi for chi-squared distribution. Alpha and beta are common as distribution parameters. In derivations, delta is common for differences of variables. Tau is common for a time variable. You will find more information in the related link.
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