Variance is a statistical calculation that numerically describes the amount of variation in a data set. If values in a data set wildly fluctuate, variance would be high and predictions based on the ...

This article was originally published on Built In by Eric Kleppen. Variance is a powerful statistic used in data analysis and machine learning. It is one of the four main measures of variability along ...

A stock's historical variance measures the difference between the stock's returns for different periods and its average return. A stock with a lower variance typically generates returns that are ...

RiskMetrics is a methodology that an investor can use to calculate the value at risk (VaR) of a portfolio of investments. Launched in 1994 by J.P. Morgan, RiskMetrics was upgraded by the company in ...