But it is an additional risk in that one needs to be prepared for navigating through an environment with a higher degree of volatility.
He says value investors are worried about current stock valuations, at historic highs despite weaker earnings, while momentum investors say: "Who cares?" With the onset of the earnings season, which begins tomorrow, and Clinton's impeachment trial, the market could see a higher degree of volatility in the coming days.
However, the electricity load is a non-linear signal with high degree of volatility.
Conversely, stock quotes, a kind of frequently changing data, have a high degree of volatility due to the fact that they remain valid for very short time intervals.
Working in an industry that has been particularly susceptible to job losses and a high degree of volatility in recent years, I personally can't really fault that kind of thinking.
During times where inflation stood above this threshold, equities averaged 5.22% annually (with high degrees of volatility), and bonds returned 0.25%.
Surprise is an intrinsic aspect of change, in particular when it takes place at an accelerating pace with high degrees of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity (VUCA) - or within the condition of post-normality as described by Ziauddin Sardar.
Due to their lower volatility and higher degree of solvency, they are widely used in water-based paint, varnishes, cleaning fluids, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, cosmetics, and processed foods [24].
Higher degree of difficulty for sure.
"Because these judgments are so difficult to make, we are also getting a high degree of instability and volatility," Mr. Greenspan said.
These figures show a high degree of union activity and volatility during the 1980s, receding greatly from 1991 onwards, and then growing again after 2001.
