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When a mutual fund's alpha is listed as "29.57" does that mean it outperformed "the market" by almost 30%?

Personal Finance & Money Asked on August 27, 2021

A broker’s site shows me a list of mutual funds sorted by alpha with the top being Morgan Stanley at "29.57" but provides no information on how to interpret this number. I know that the y-intercept of the linear regression of this fund with "the market" (whatever benchmark is chosen) is "29.57", but the scale on the y-axis is not specified. Based on about everything out there, I would have to assume the scale is % and therefore the mutual fund is returning about 30% over "the market".

Is this a correct interpretation?

A secondary question:

What is the likely definition of "the market" for such a mutual fund’s alpha? Is it all mutual funds? Is it S&P 500?

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