Standard deviation is a metric that shows the variability of a security’s returns over time. It can be used to gauge volatility based on past performance and compare a future return to past returns.

In statistics, the standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. A low standard deviation indicates that the values tend to be close to the mean (also ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Standard deviation is a concept that's thrown around frequently in finance. So what is it? When ...