volatility
Definition 1
Chemistry: Rate at which a chemical will evaporate. Volatility increases with temperature and decreases with pressure. Latin for, to fly away.
Definition 2
Economics: Rate of change in price over a given period. Expressed often as a percentage, it is computed as the annualized standard deviation of the percentage change in the daily price.
Definition 3
Securities trading: Size and frequency of rapid changes in the price of a security. If the causes of volatility are peculiar to security, it is measured by alpha; if the causes are related to the securities market as a whole, it is measured by beta.
volatility is in the Currency Trading, Economics, Politics, & Society, Material & Occupational Safety and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
volatility appears in the definitions of the following terms:
forward freight agreement,
growth investing,
Macaulay duration,
Value Line Composite Index,
Black Mondays,
alpha,
modified duration,
vapor pressure,
beta,
standard deviation
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