some definitions and explanations
CAGR 1: Compound Annual Growth Rate .Growth rate average figure, of an investment over a specified period of time. High the score is, better is.Back compare market page
Volatility 2: Up and down prices or values .Tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly. Volatility is typically calculated by using variance or annualized standard deviation of the price or return. A measure of the relative volatility of a stock to the market is its beta. A highly volatile market means that prices have huge swings in very short periods of time.Back compare market page
Correlation 3: Statistics. The degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together. This method does not allow us to come to any conclusions about cause and effect. Remember that the negative sign does not indicate anything about strength. It is a symbol to tell you that the correlation is negative in direction. When judging the strength of a correlation, just look at the number and ignore the sign. Back compare market page
Correlation negative: Negative correlations will be reported as a number between 0 and -1. Again, a 0 means no correlation at all. A score of –1 is a perfect negative correlation, which does not really happen. As the correlation score gets close to -1, it is getting stronger.Back compare market page
Correlation positive: Positive correlations will be reported as a number between 0 and 1.A score of 0 means that there is no correlation (the weakest measure) . A score of 1 is a perfect positive correlation, which does not really happen in the “real world.” As the correlation score gets closer to 1, it is getting stronger Back compare market page
Dividend: A bonus or reward. A sum of money paid to shareholders of a corporation out of earnings. Back compare market page
Weighting: The assigning of a measure of relative importance to each of a group of variables that are combined. If an investor has 70% of his or her invested funds in stock A, which provides a current yield of 6%, and the remaining 30% of the invested funds in stock B, which provides a current yield of 12%, the weighted current yield of both securities is (0.70)(0.06) + (0.30)(0.12), or 7.8%. Back compare market page
Index: A statistical measure of change in an economy or a securities market. In the case of financial markets, an index is essentially an imaginary portfolio of securities representing a particular market or a portion of it. Each index has its own calculation methodology and is usually expressed in terms of a change from a base value. Thus, the percentage changes is more important that the actually numeric value. For example, knowing that a stock exchange is at, say, 5,000 doesn't tell you much. However, knowing that the index has risen 30% over the last year to 5,000 gives a much better demonstration of performance. Back compare market page
Yield: The rate of income generated from a stock in the form of dividends, or the effective rate of interest paid on a bond, calculated by the coupon rate divided by the bond's market price. Furthermore, for any investment, yield is the annual rate of return expressed as a percentage. Back compare market page
