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Level I · Module 4

Financial Distributions

Look beyond average returns to dispersion, asymmetry, tail behavior, and the treatment of outliers.

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Available with Level I enrollment or the complete three-level program.

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Module outline

  • Mean, median, variance
  • Skewness and kurtosis
  • Fat tails, outliers, normality

Intended learning outcome: Explain how identical average returns can conceal very different risks.