Volatility is a measure of risk that is the statistical quantification of a security's possible investment returns. In short, it means large swings in price over a short period of time. Volatility in ...

Volatility is a statistical measure of the amount an asset’s price changes during a given period of time. It has become a popular way of assessing how risky an asset is – the higher the level of ...

Look at a chart of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index today: It’s like a mountain range in Mordor — jagged movements, all up and down. Today, the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 560 points at ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...