December 3, 2017

Volatility means different things to different people


See, it's funny because volatility has two meanings...(quoting from Google's definitions)

  • liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
    • As in, "the market is highly volatile right now. Eventually it will settle once all the news has been priced into the stocks."
  • tendency of a substance to evaporate at normal temperatures
    • As in, "organic chemistry deals with a number of volatile substances. That's why the labs have a distinct smell of solvents."
    • Inorganic chemistry deals with far fewer highly-volatile solvents.

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