Exercise

Comparing distributions of stock returns

Let's have a look at how you can use skewness and kurtosis in your investment decisions. In this exercise you're going to compare the distributions of singular stocks with the portfolio, and see whether combining multiple stocks in a portfolio improves your returns distribution.

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Print the skewness and kurtosis of the stock returns data, you'll get all the numbers for the four stocks in the portfolio.