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Volatility - Financial definition

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Translations:      FR  volatilité (n.f.)     ES  volatilidad (n.f.)     DE  Volatilität (n.f.) 

  Concise definition of the term volatility

Volatility is the measure of the extent of relative variation of a price from the mean.

  Comprehensive definition of the term volatility

Mathematically, it is the annualized standard deviation of returns.

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