Skewness and kurtosis, in addition to being great cocktail-party words, are also important concepts for investors to understand. More specifically, ...

A high skew can reflect the presence of outliers or kurtosis. Two methods that measure skewness include Pearson’s first and second coefficients of skewness. Investopedia / Theresa Chiechi ...

Kurtosis and skewness can be equally helpful. Quantitative measure can be used as a tool for comparing different stocks. Investors today have access to more data than any single person could ever ...