Alpha

  

It just means "smarts." Aggressive smarts.

You know the alpha dog in the pack. It's what Buck aspired to be. The alpha is the leader, the A-player, the one who calls the shots. On Wall Street, when you have high alpha, you not only have high levels of insight into the crystal balls windowing the Stock and Bond Market, but you also have a following of other wolves looking to kill deer.

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