Intro to Quant Finance: Volatility
Posted by admin | Posted in Finance | Posted on 11-09-2009
Tags: Period Returns, Quant Finance, Volatility
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Volatility is the standard deviation of period returns
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he doesn’t have dec-9 shown, but I assume he would take the natural logarithm of google’s close on dec 10 divided by google’s close on dec 9 … =ln(B8/B7)
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How did you calculate the Compounded ROR at [C8]?
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you really explain things so well!!!
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Listen brain person, the word volatility is a word explained in detail in the dictionary. Amongst the usages listed there is being a measure of fluctuation, unpredictable change, etc. So if you have a problem, take it up with the scholars that keep track of what is and isn’t part of the language we speak. Please stop embarrassing yourself.
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nice, many thanks, I am a chemist
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Maybe it’s not clear to you, but my video is about financial volatility not chemistry. Even in finance, volatility has five (5) different definitions. One of my pet peeves is the tendency, sometimes borne of academic hubris, to assume that some words are “owned” and/or concrete. To use stable here would be utterly confusing. Only the Ego wants to confuse. Humpty Dumpty the wise egg said, the word means what I choose it to mean…
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Whatever – it still meant “unstable”. Not “fluctuational”
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Saying something is ‘volatile’ does not automatically infer that you are speaking about chemistry. The word existed before chemists used it.
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One of my pet peeves is the way finance and business types flagrantly disregard the proper scientific definition of terms and hijack them to their own use.
“Volatilty” is simply a measure of a liquid’s readiness to boil – ie a low or a high boiling point. Or it can refer to a chemical’s readiness to react.
It has NOTHING to do with the fluctuation! The word they should have used is “Stability” not “volatility” – but ohhh noooo – that would just be too plain for the precious ponces of finance!
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Nice introduction. Thanks, Kukan
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very nice.. brow…
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very straightforward. Thank you very much
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very very good explanation. thank you
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You are really great..
High 5 bro….
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