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• STOCHASTIC
  
  A term used to describe outcomes based on uncertain relationships. The process of change in a variable resulting from change in a parameter. For example, option adjusted spread measures of yield and Monte Carlo models of interest rate risk are stochastic measures. A method of modeling changes that allows for a range of possible outcomes. Sometimes called probabilistic. The opposite of deterministic.
  
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