FEDERATED GLOBAL Variance

FSBKX Fund  USD 21.64  -0.04  -0.18%   
The Variance calculation for FEDERATED GLOBAL draws on price and volume history. Each data point is derived from standardized price and volume feeds. The depth of trading history affects the precision of the indicator. Use Investing Opportunities to better understand diversified portfolio construction. The diversification view provides additional analytical depth. Position sizing and allocation together define the portfolio construction approach. This includes a position in Federated Global Allocation. The position sits inside the allocation mix. Portfolio construction methods define how positions are sized. Reported data is organized for reference and does not imply a course of action. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in industry.
Federated Global Allocation has current Variance of 0.3466. Variance is another measure of security risk that shows the amount of dispersion of equity returns around their mean value. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviations from the mean. Evaluating a set of investment alternatives one can use variance to help determine the volatility when purchasing a specific security. Similar to Standard Deviation, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out around its mean.

Variance

 = 

SUM(RET DEV)2

N

 = 
0.3466
SUM = Summation notation
RET DEV = Actual returns deviation over selected period
N = Number of points for the period

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Variance Relative To Other Indicators

Federated Global Allocation is rated below average in variance among similar funds. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown among similar funds reporting about 9.29 of Maximum Drawdown per Variance. At 9.29 , Federated Global Allocation's Maximum Drawdown-to-Variance multiple reflects the spread between these metrics
Variance is also a measure of stock volatility and can help determine the risk an investor might take on when purchasing a specific security. A relatively big variance indicates that the daily prices or returns are far from the mean and a small variance indicates that they are located around the mean. Compare FEDERATED GLOBAL to Peers

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