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CV
The two-character ISO 3166 country code for CAPE VERDE.

CV
1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the Republic of Cape Verde. This is the code used in international transactions to and from Cape Verdean bank accounts.

2. ISO 3166-2 geocode for Cape Verde. This is used as an international standard for shipping to Cape Verde. However, it is not locally used; the nation uses its own National Geographic Code of Cape Verde.

CV
Used on the consolidated tape to indentify a security as a convertible security: AXPr. CV 25.

cv
Used in the yield column of bond transaction tables in newspapers to indicate that a bond is convertible into some other asset, usually shares of common stock: STERLBN 6 1/2 % cv.

Coefficient of Variation (CV)

What Does Coefficient of Variation (CV) Mean? A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a data series around the mean.It is calculated as follows:

The coefficient of variation represents the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean; it is a useful statistic for comparing the degree of variation from one data series to another even if the means are drastically different from each other.

Investopedia explains Coefficient of Variation (CV)

The coefficient of variation allows investors to determine how much volatility (risk) they are assuming in relation to the amount of expected return from an investment; the lower the ratio of standard deviation to the mean return is, the better the risk-return trade-off is. Note that if the expected return in the denominator of the calculation is negative or zero, the ratio will not make sense.

Related Terms:
Beta
Expected Return
Risk-Return Trade-Off
Standard Deviation
Volatility



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