Discover how standard deviation calculates investment risk and market volatility, helping investors make informed decisions.

Discover the differences between standard deviation and variance, two essential metrics for investors to assess volatility ...

Standard deviation, while common, inadequately captures investment risk due to its equal treatment of gains and losses and ...

About the author: Rick Lear is the founder and chief investment officer at Lear Investment Management. The idea of adding to or maintaining fixed-income exposure at a time of heightened market fear ...