As a business owner, you are constantly figuring out what your current customers want and what your potential customer needs. The data can be tracked in a variety of ways, from polls and surveys to ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA ...

An animated guide explaining how the standard devition can give you a clearer picture of a sample than averages alone. An example involving zoo keepers and some very dangerous animals demonstrates ...

Ryan Eichler holds a B.S.B.A with a concentration in Finance from Boston University. He has held positions in, and has deep experience with, expense auditing, personal finance, real estate, as well as ...

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.

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 ...

In response to my article, Is the Stock Market Too Concentrated?, which relied upon standard-deviation calculations to assess investment risk, a reader wrote: “My problem [with your argument] is ...