Expect Volatility and Profit from It: Investing in stocks means dealing with volatility. Instead of running for the exits during times of market...

Before buying a mutual fund, think about its volatility. While past performance does not necessarily predict future returns, it can tell you how...

If you are a trader who likes volatility and lots of it, nothing provides more action than the GBP/JPY cross. Trading this cross is akin to trading a...

Imagine for a moment that you are a spectator at the race between the tortoise and the hare and that you have placed a wager on the tortoise. As the...

Standard deviation, which can be found in a number of published services, measures a stock's volatility, regardless of the cause. Higher standard...

Volatility does not measure risk. Past volatility is not a measure of risk. It's nice math, but it's wrong. If a farm in Nebraska used to sell for...

Sometimes stock prices move so fast that orders to buy or sell lag behind the fluctuations in price. This can create volatility in the market, and the...

Volatility whipsaws an investor's emotions. The more you can control volatility, the more likely you are to avoid making investment mistakes caused by...

Academics like to define investment "risk" differently, averring that it is the relative volatility of a stock or portfolio of stocks -- that is,...

As long as the earnings power of his holdings remains satisfactory, the investor can give as little attention as he pleases to the vagaries of the...