Top 25 Volatility Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Volatility Quotes from famous people such as Lynn Good, Whitney Tilson, John Hull, Carlos Ghosn, Philip Roth, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duk

Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay.
Lynn Good
While I take no pleasure in others’ misfortunes, we’ve historically made most of our profits from other investors behaving in a panicked and irrational fashion and selling us certain stocks at prices far below their intrinsic value. More volatility equals cheaper stocks, which equals higher returns.
Whitney Tilson
Briefly speaking, our conclusion is that stochastic volatility does not make a huge difference as far as the pricing is concerned if you get the average volatility right. It makes a big difference as far as hedging is concerned.
John Hull
We are facing extreme volatility.
Carlos Ghosn
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.
Philip Roth
Low-volatility funds, which tend to smooth out performance, have been especially popular since the financial crisis. The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Fund is the oldest, begun in 2011.
James B. Stewart
I don’t enjoy any kind of danger or volatility. I don’t have that kind of ‘I love the bad guys’ thing. No, no thank you. I like nice people.
Tina Fey
Every time I get accustomed to low volatility, like we were towards the end of the Greenspan era, and we think we have all the levers under the control… something erupts to remind us that the idea that anybody is in control of everything is hubris.
Lloyd Blankfein
After writing for TV for a while, I got sort of fed up with all of the cancellations and the volatility in that industry. Also, you’re always writing for someone else’s character and story, and I really wanted to develop my own.
Kristin Gore
Toughing out the winter is a dedication to my heritage, both in terms of not going ‘soft’ by kowtowing to nature’s volatility and staying physically close to my family in New England. I don’t run from that kind of pressure.
Josh Gondelman
There is little room for complacency, and it is important to guard against sporadic volatility in financial markets.
Urjit Patel
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.
Ben Stein
Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.
Alex Berenson
As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu’s perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.
Rob Portman
My dad was an alcoholic, growing up, so I knew how scary that was from a child’s perspective – the volatility.
Patricia Arquette
Without the wholehearted involvement of farmers, particularly of young as well as women farmers, it will be impossible to implement a Food Entitlements Act in an era of increasing price volatility in the international market.
M. S. Swaminathan
Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model. This is a model where the volatility as well as the underlying asset price moves around in an unpredictable way.
John Hull
My mum had always pressed on me to continue my education, and it was just the volatility of sport in terms of not being able to control the result.
Graham Potter
When one person has the ability to make one tweet and spiral the price of a particular asset at that level – you know, 10%-20% as opposed to 1% or 2% or 3%… You know, there’s volatility in everything, there’s volatility in commodities, there’s volatility in dollars but not that kind of volatility.
Francis X. Suarez
Accounting does not make corporate earnings or balance sheets more volatile. Accounting just increases the transparency of volatility in earnings.
Diane Garnick
The relative illiquidity of small-company shares – which often contributes to their being undervalued – also increases their volatility.
Whitney Tilson
The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
Urjit Patel
Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you.
Marshall Goldsmith
We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.
Mohammad bin Salman