Covariance
Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-001005
A statistical measure indicating the directional relationship between the returns of two assets or variables. A positive covariance suggests that the variables move in the same direction, while a negative covariance indicates they move in opposite directions. It is calculated as the expected value of the product of the deviations of two variables from their respective means.
| Identifier | MLC-T-INS-001005 |
|---|---|
| Field | Insurance and risk management |
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