#measure

One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low. ↗

— John Hull

#concerns #earlier #extreme #fat #i

There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk. ↗

— John Hull

#derivatives #dimensions #gamma #important #known

I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#excessive #fats #food #goodness #i

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#achieved #community #degree #i #measure

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned. ↗

— William Glasser

#fast #faster #go #how #learned

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#any #cannot #could #enough #force

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. ↗

— Richard Bach

#conscience #honesty #listen #measure #selfishness

Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen. ↗

— Michael Behe

#collagen #large #large measure #made #measure

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does not give us information about ecological systems, it only gives information about financial systems. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#because #does #ecological #financial #financial systems

Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#continue #entire #giving #improve #measures