Volatility is a measure of risk. It describes how far a commodity will most probably move within a given period of time. The most common measure for volatility is historical volatility. But I do not like the complicated formula for standard deviation. There has to be a better way to explain and calculate volatility…. Implied… Continue reading Kahler’s fair bet volatility
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Ranking: percent performance and volatility
When ranking a market analysts usually pick the percent performance since a given date as their key figure. If a stock has been at 100 last year and trades at 150 today, percent performance would show you a 50% gain (A). If another stock would only give a 30% gain (B), most people now would… Continue reading Ranking: percent performance and volatility