volatility

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Etymology

From volatile +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]

  • Audio (US):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]

Noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

1. The state of being volatile.
2. (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
3. (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
4. (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
5. (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.
6. (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
   • 2022 May 18, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Stocks resume their rout as falling profits reignite fears of inflation.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.

Derived terms

• volatility buffer

 

Translations

state of being volatile

Bulgarian: летливост f (letlivost) Catalan: volatilitat f Chinese: Mandarin: 揮發性 / 挥发性 (zh) (huīfāxìng) Finnish: volatiliteetti Galician: volatilidade (gl) f Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba) Greek: μεταβλητότητα (el) f (metavlitótita) Hungarian: illékonyság (hu) Indonesian: volatilitas (id) Irish: luaineacht f Kazakh: ұшпалылық (ūşpalylyq) Malay: kemeruapan Manx: so-ghaalaght f Portuguese: volatilidade (pt) f Russian: летучесть (ru) f (letúčest') Spanish: volatilidad f Welsh: anweddolrwydd m

state of having a low boiling point

Chinese: Mandarin: 揮發性 / 挥发性 (zh) (huīfāxìng) Czech: prchavost f Finnish: volatiilisuus, haihtuvuus German: Volatilität (de) f, Flüchtigkeit (de) f Japanese: 揮発性 (ja) (kihatsusei) Manx: so-ghaalaght f Romanian: volatilitate (ro) f Russian: please add this translation if you can

computing: state of not retaining data

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: volatiilisuus Japanese: 揮発性 (ja) (kihatsusei) Russian: энергозависимый (о компьютерной памяти) f (energozavisimost')

state of being able to fly

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: lentokykyisyys Japanese: 飛行性 (hikosei) Russian: please add this translation if you can

state of being unpredictable

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: arvaamattomuus (fi), ennustamattomuus, ailahtelevaisuus, epävakaisuus (fi) Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba) Japanese: 予測不能性 (yosoku-funōsei) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: volatilidad f

financial markets: quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: volatilita (cs) f Finnish: volatiliteetti Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba) German: Volatilität (de) f Hungarian: volatilitás (hu) Japanese: 変動性 (hendōsei) Russian: волатильность (ru) f (volatil'nost') Spanish: volatilidad f Swedish: volatilitet (sv) c

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Italian: volatilità (it) f (all senses)