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tail-risk

tail-risk is the alternative spelling of tail risk.

Meaning of tail risk

Noun

tail risk (countable and uncountable, plural tail risks)

  1. The probability that the value of something will fall more than three standard deviations (-3σ) below the mean; an extreme risk.
    • The advantage of performing a simulation is that different tail risk measures can be computed from the simulated loss distribution.2004, Srichander Ramaswamy, Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios, →ISBN, page 123
    Synonyms:
    fat tail risk

Forms of tail-risk

pluraltail-risks

Questions about tail-risk

What is tail-risk the alternative spelling of?
Tail-risk is the alternative spelling of tail risk.

Words near tail-risk in the dictionary

  1. tail-offs
  2. tail-pod radish
  3. tail-pod radishes
  4. tail-pole
  5. tail-poles
  6. tail-risk
  7. tail-risks
  8. tail-shedding
  9. tail-sheddings
  10. tail-skid
  11. tail-skids

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