Portfolio Analytics

Volatility

Definition

What is Volatility?

The degree and frequency of price or return fluctuations.

Example in practice

A share that repeatedly moves 8% in a day is highly volatile.

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A statistic ranging from minus one to plus one that describes how two return series move together.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in the same direction.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in opposite directions.

An analysis of portfolio performance under severe but plausible scenarios.

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