Howe Caverns is a premier natural attraction, a living, limestone cave, carved by an underground river over the course of 6 million years, located 156-feet below the earth's surface. An Schoharie County, N.Y. farmer discovered the caverns more than 160 years ago. Formed in 1927, Howe Caverns incorporated, a public company owned by shareholders, opened the caverns to the public on Memorial Day weekend of 1929.
Definition of 'Volatility'. Definition: It is a rate at which the price of a security increases or decreases for a given set of returns. Volatility is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time. It shows the range to which the price of a security may increase or decrease.
Stock volatility is just a numerical indication of how variable the price of a specific stock is. However, stock volatility is often misunderstood. Some think it refers to risk involved in owning a particular company's stock. Some assume it refers to the uncertainty inherent in owning a stock. Neither is the case. For investors it represents an important measure of how desirable it is to own a certain stock, based on the investor's appetite for risk and reward. Here's how to calculate stock volatility.