Skewness
Skewness is a parameter that describes asymmetry in a random variableâ??s probability distribution.
Skewness can come in the form of negative skewness or positive skewness, depending on whether data points are skewed to the left or to the right of the data average.
In finance and investing most sets of data have either positive or negative skew rather than following the balanced normal distribution (zero skew). A positive or negative skew is used as an indicator for the future probability of (return)distributions. See also Kurtosis Related Terms:
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