high‑kurtosis

[US]/[haɪ kjʊəˈtəʊsɪs]/
[UK]/[haɪ kɜːrˈtoʊsɪs]/

Translation

adj.(statistics) describing a distribution with kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution, characterized by heavier tails and a sharper peak
n.the condition of having high kurtosis; a leptokurtic distribution

Example Sentences

investors analyzed the high-kurtosis distribution to assess tail risk.

the high-kurtosis returns indicate a higher probability of extreme outliers.

risk managers identified high kurtosis as a sign of potential volatility.

fat tails are a characteristic feature of a high-kurtosis probability distribution.

financial models often fail to account for high-kurtosis events.

leptokurtic is the technical term for describing a high-kurtosis shape.

the heavy tails suggest the dataset has significant high kurtosis.

high kurtosis implies that variance is driven by infrequent extreme deviations.

statisticians use kurtosis to detect high-kurtosis patterns in the sample.

ignoring high kurtosis can lead to a severe underestimation of risk.

the skewness and kurtosis report confirmed the high-kurtosis nature of returns.

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