[June 03, 2012] Learning Tree International is Among the Companies in the Education Services Industry With the Lowest Beta (LTRE, LOPE, CAST, EDMC, APOL) Tweet Jun 03, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Education Services industry with the lowest betas. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore generally considered to be a less risk and offer more stable returns.Learning Tree International ranks lowest with a a beta of 0.7. Following is Grand Canyon Education with a a beta of 0.8. ChinaCast Education ranks third lowest with a a beta of 0.8. Education Management follows with a a beta of 0.8, and Apollo Group rounds out the bottom five with a a beta of 0.9. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Education Management on February 2nd, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $21.05. Since that call, shares of Education Management have fallen 66.5%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]