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Earnings response coefficientA measure of relation of stock returns to earnings surprises around the time of corporate earnings announcements.Earnings response coefficient Similar MatchesCorrelation coefficientCorrelation coefficientA standardized statistical measure of the dependence of two random variables, defined as the covariance divided by the standard deviations of two variables. Information Coefficient (IC)Information Coefficient (IC)The correlation between predicted and actual stock returns, sometimes used to measure the contribution of a financial analyst. An IC of 1.0 indicates a perfect linear relationship between predicted and actual returns, while an IC of 0.0 indicates no linear relationship. Coefficient of VariationCoefficient of VariationA measure of investment risk that defines risk as the standard deviation per unit of expected return. Gini CoefficientGini CoefficientA measure of income inequality within a population, ranging from zero for complete equality, to one if one person has all the income. It is defined as the area between the Lorenz Curve and the diagonal, divided by the total area under the diagonal. Regression coefficientRegression coefficientTerm yielded by regression analysis that indicates the sensitivity of the dependent variable to a particular independent variable. See: Parameter. Further SuggestionsCoefficient of determination |
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