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October 27, 2005

The Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem can be viewed as the motivation for portfolio diversification.

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One share each of two independent stocks:

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Two shares of one stock:

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A review of the definition of variance and covariance:

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Another view of the Central Limit Theorem is as a way to approximate a binomial distribution for large samples.

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Posted by bparke at October 27, 2005 10:58 PM

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