volatility

English

Etymology

From volatile +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]

Noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

1. The state of being volatile.
2. (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
3. (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
4. (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
5. (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.
6. (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
   • 2022 May 18, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Stocks resume their rout as falling profits reignite fears of inflation.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.

Derived terms

• volatility buffer

Translations

state of being volatile

• Bulgarian: летливост f (letlivost)
• Catalan: volatilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揮發性 / 挥发性 (zh) (huīfāxìng)

• Finnish: volatiliteetti
• Galician: volatilidade (gl) f
• Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba)
• Greek: μεταβλητότητα (el) f (metavlitótita)
• Hungarian: illékonyság (hu)
• Indonesian: volatilitas (id)
• Irish: luaineacht f
• Kazakh: ұшпалылық (ūşpalylyq)
• Malay: kemeruapan
• Manx: so-ghaalaght f
• Portuguese: volatilidade (pt) f
• Russian: летучесть (ru) f (letúčest')
• Spanish: volatilidad f
• Welsh: anweddolrwydd m

state of having a low boiling point

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揮發性 / 挥发性 (zh) (huīfāxìng)

• Czech: prchavost f
• Finnish: volatiilisuus, haihtuvuus
• German: Volatilität (de) f, Flüchtigkeit (de) f
• Japanese: 揮発性 (ja) (kihatsusei)
• Manx: so-ghaalaght f
• Romanian: volatilitate (ro) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

computing: state of not retaining data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: volatiilisuus
• Japanese: 揮発性 (ja) (kihatsusei)
• Russian: энергозависимый (о компьютерной памяти) f (energozavisimost')

state of being able to fly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: lentokykyisyys
• Japanese: 飛行性 (hikosei)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

state of being unpredictable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: arvaamattomuus (fi), ennustamattomuus, ailahtelevaisuus, epävakaisuus (fi)
• Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba)
• Japanese: 予測不能性 (yosoku-funōsei)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: volatilidad f

financial markets: quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: volatilita (cs) f
• Finnish: volatiliteetti
• Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba), არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba), არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba)
• German: Volatilität (de) f
• Hungarian: volatilitás (hu)
• Japanese: 変動性 (hendōsei)
• Russian: волатильность (ru) f (volatil'nost')
• Spanish: volatilidad f
• Swedish: volatilitet (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: volatilità (it) f (all senses)