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• COVARIANCE
  
  A measure that reflects both the variance (volatility) of a stock's returns and the tendency of those returns to move up or down at the same time relative to other stocks (their correlation). Covariance allows one to see if two stocks tend to move up or down together and how large those movements tend to be.
  
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