quality factor

British

noun

Former name: relative biological effectiveness. a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20

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No wonder the much-studied quality factor still sort of works.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fidelity Quality Factor ETF, or FQAL, weights three measures equally.

From Barron's

Quality Factor ETF, JQUA, says only that it looks for “profitability, quality of earnings, and solvency.”

From Barron's

Fidelity Quality Factor ETF, or FQAL, weights three measures equally.

From Barron's

Quality Factor ETF, JQUA, says only that it looks for “profitability, quality of earnings, and solvency.”

From Barron's

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