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Volatility, defined

When the price is up, down, and up again so quickly, you can’t keep up (or down).

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🌰 In a nutshell: Volatility is instability in the price of an asset.

👶 Tell a toddler: “Some people like to go canoeing on quiet lakes. Other folks like to go whitewater rafting. It all depends on how much you like volatility.”

💬 In a sentence: “Investors see more volatility ahead as coronavirus hammers markets”- Axios, April 9, 2020

🌎 IRL: Cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin) are examples of highly volatile assets. They have uncertain futures and have strong reactions to current events.

👊Why volatility matters:

An asset’s volatility will impact how risk-averse individuals approach investment. Need your money to be liquid soon? A highly volatile stock with the possibility of high returns may not be your best bet. But for those looking for long term gains, a volatile asset — purchased at the right time — could prove profitable. 

🔀 See also: Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX. This measure of the stock market’s likely volatility is based on the S&P 500. If someone asks you if these are volatile times, the VIX can tell you. And as traders say, “When the VIX is high, it’s time to buy.”

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It’s a Gen Z world and we’re just self-isolating in it.

Zs know how to physically distance and emotionally connect, even in the best of times.

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If there’s one generation that’s uniquely suited to the stay-at-home orders being imposed around the world, it’s today’s teens. That’s because they know how to be physically apart but emotionally together.

Gen Z — roughly defined as those born between 1996 and 2010 — contains multitudes, but many of the traits they’ve displayed in their lives to date are exactly what the current moment requires. They’re independent but connected.

Gen Z has pioneered the art of being physically apart but digitally together.

First, the independence: This is the era of physical distancing, something today’s teens have always done. At first, that seemed to make them the “loneliest generation.” They’ve been forced to live far away from their jobs, for instance. But they’ve shaped their media habits to address that problem, with everything from conversational podcasts to Twitch chats.

Then, the connection: Gen Z is incredibly social, both online and off. In fact, there’s evidence to suggest they don’t really make a distinction: Teens who spent more time online were actually more likely to see their friends offline. Now, with the offline component off the table, we’re all socializing online.

We could all take a lesson on being social in isolation from the Gen that knows it best.

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