Volatility Primer 4: Asset Values With Higher And Lower Volatility

Assets with a lower standard deviation, or volatility, have less variation in their return than assets with higher volatility. Below is a plot of the asset values over time of two assets with equal return and different volatility. The asset with lower volatility has less variability in performance.

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