relative strength

relative strength definition - finance
In technical analysis, the price performance of a stock compared with a market index. Often this relationship is illuminated using a relative strength index.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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