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Volatility
How much a price swings around, usually as a yearly percentage.
Volatility measures how spread out daily moves are. A share with 30% annual volatility swings much more than one with 15%.
Higher volatility means a wider range of outcomes, both up and down.
More terms
- Price to earnings (P/E)The share price divided by the profit per share: how many years of today’s profit you pay for.
- Dividend yieldThe dividends paid over the last year as a percentage of today’s share price.
- Ex-dividend dateThe first day a share trades without its next dividend.
- Payout ratioThe share of its profit a company pays out as dividends.
- Market value (market capitalisation)The share price times the number of shares: what the market says the whole company is worth.
- IndexOne number that tracks a basket of shares, so you can see how a whole market or sector is doing.
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