Standard deviation is a widely used metric to ascertain the investment risk of mutual funds. The concept of Standard Deviation becomes important when you invest in a market-linked product like mutual ...

Standard deviation is a common statistical measurement and is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as: ‘A quantity expressing by how much the members of a group differ from the mean value for the group.’ In ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Several simple estimates of the mean and standard deviation of a normal population are discussed. The efficiencies of these estimates are ...

Standard deviation is a measurement of market volatility. Learn how investors use standard deviation in the MoneySense Glossary. Standard deviation (σ) is an investing metric used to measure the ...

Standard deviation (SD) is still the most widely used measure of dispersion, or in financial markets, risk.That all sounds a bit technical but it's actually pretty straightforward to understand. It is ...