The gray area around the average line shows the two standard deviation range of the data.
December is also the least historically volatile month, with a standard deviation of returns of 3.17%.
Any deviation from this plan will result in higher costs and disruptions in productivity.
In Third World rhetoric, "corruption" as often as not is a euphemism for political deviation.
It's lost 0.3% a year over three years with a standard deviation of 14%.
Placing asset categories on the efficient frontier requires knowing their historical average return and standard deviation.
This is similar to the CAPM, but with standard deviation standing in for beta.
Or there is no investment with a lower standard deviation for the same expected return.
There is a goal that justifies a deviation from exact fairness in certain circumstances.
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However, a couple of problems arise when we talk about risk as a deviation of return.
Unfortunately, the relative safety enjoyed by World Cup tourists was a striking deviation from the norm.
According to Professor Ajit Lalvani of Imperial College London, there is "wide deviation" from national guidance.
In statistical terms, optimism is more than one standard deviation above the historical average.
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Ideally, reviews and user reviews should generally fall within a standard deviation of each other.
This would be a deviation from the catchall role they currently play in the bargaining process.
As participants in any given activity improve across the board, says Mauboussin, the standard deviation shrinks.
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The standard deviation is calculated from all of the individual deviations of the data points.
Mr. Shultz cites the handling of the auto bankruptcies as an important deviation from rules-based economic policy.
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One standard deviation is defined as the price band a security trades in 68% of the time.
It has done somewhat better, losing 0.8% annually the past three years with a 9% standard deviation.
His speeches give warning of the dangers of ideological deviation and the threat posed by western ideology.
The single-minded Tarrin, supported as ever by Chuan, indicated he would brook no deviation from his program.
The 20% rate thus is defined as a deviation, an "expenditure" in the amount of up to 19.6%.
One common yardstick of volatility is standard deviation, which uses annualized monthly returns over time as a baseline.
The motivation to fight is the strong desire to not suffer, and deviation often results in serious illness.
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Pessimism is more than one standard deviation above its historical average, which makes it unusual, but not extraordinary.
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Proof of this can be found in the standard deviation, a measure of how volatile annual returns were.
But the aid will be drip-fed, and the taps turned off at any deviation from an agreed programme.
On the other hand, the chain linking price deviation and correction in a national gold standard is longer.
Costa Cruises said on Monday that the route deviation last Friday had been "unauthorised, unapproved and unknown to Costa".
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