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  2. Volatility (finance) - Wikipedia

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    A higher volatility stock, with the same expected return of 7% but with annual volatility of 20%, would indicate returns from approximately negative 33% to positive 47% most of the time (19 times out of 20, or 95%). These estimates assume a normal distribution; in reality stock price movements are found to be leptokurtotic (fat-tailed).

  3. VIX - Wikipedia

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    1992 – The American Stock Exchange announced it is conducting a feasibility study on a volatility index, proposed as the "Sigma Index." [23] 1993 – On January 19, 1993, the Chicago Board Options Exchange held a press conference to announce the launch of real-time reporting of the CBOE Market Volatility Index or VIX.

  4. Asset classes - Wikipedia

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    Money market instruments, being short-term fixed income investments, should therefore be grouped with fixed income. In addition to stocks and bonds, we can add cash, foreign currencies, real estate, infrastructure and physical goods for investment (such as precious metals) [1] to the list of commonly held asset classes. In general, an asset ...

  5. 15 Most Volatile Stocks to Buy Now

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    In this article, we discuss the 15 most volatile stocks to buy now. If you want to read about some more volatile stocks, go directly to 5 Most Volatile Stocks to Buy Now. Even though the United ...

  6. Should You Avoid the Most Volatile Stocks on the Dow?

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    Long-term investors like companies with strong fundamentals. In the words of investing guru Warren Buffett, you want to find "a wonderful company at a fair price," then hold on for the long term ...

  7. 3 Dividend Stocks for a Volatile Market

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    The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and advisor David Meier discuss topics around the investing world.It's a scary market ...

  8. Dow Jones Industrial Average - Wikipedia

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    An alternative explanation is that the United States Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo, closed the exchange to conserve the U.S. gold stock in order to launch the Federal Reserve System later that year, with enough gold to keep the United States on par with the gold standard. When the markets reopened on December 12, 1914, the ...

  9. Low-volatility investing - Wikipedia

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    For example, after the dotcom bubble, value stocks offered protection similar to low volatility stocks. Additionally, low-volatility stocks also tend to have more interest rate risk compared to other stocks. [9] 2020 was a challenging year for US low-volatility stocks as they significantly lagged behind the broader market by wide margins.