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Kurtosis
Kurtosis characterizes the relative peakedness or flatness of a distribution compared with the normal distribution. Positive kurtosis indicates a relatively peaked distribution. Negative kurtosis indicates a relatively flat distribution.
Kurtosis(r1, ..., rn) =
where r1, ..., rn is a return series, i.e., a sequence of returns for n time periods.
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