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11 December 2012

Top Ten Most Volatile S&P500 & NASDAQ 100 Components

Current ten most volatile stocks in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes:

Top Ten S&P 500 Most Volatile Stocks:

Symbol YTD Volatility Last Year
SVU 1.0150.52
FSLR 0.7630.66
ANR 0.7150.721
NFLX 0.6910.701
SHLD 0.6150.567
PCS 0.5950.655
ANF 0.5540.512
GNW 0.5450.656
AMD 0.530.548
PHM 0.520.584

Top Ten NASDAQ 100 Most Volatile Stocks:

Symbol YTD Volatility Last Year
GMCR0.9680.867
FSLR0.7630.66
NIHD0.6980.419
NFLX0.6910.701
VRTX0.6210.5
SHLD0.6150.567
RIMM0.5740.618
ILMN0.4810.575
CTRP0.4740.465
APOL0.4640.368

YTD calculations are as of 12/10/2012, executed on daily data since 12/31/2011 (current) and 12/31/2010-12/31/2011 (last year). Volatility as calculated is the annualized standard deviation of lognormal daily returns.

The results above were calculated using The RiskAPI Add-In, our unique software client which allows fund managers to access a whole spectrum of on-demand portfolio risk analysis calculations.