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What is volatility?

In financial terms, volatility refers to the rate at which the price of an asset increases or decreases for a set of returns. In simpler terms, it is the measure of the speed and extent of price changes in any market, be it for a particular set of shares, the entire stock market, or cryptocurrencies.
What is volatility?
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  1. How is volatility measured?
  2. Why is volatility important?
  3. What causes volatility?
  4. Cryptocurrency and volatility

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