action portfoliooptimizer_post_portfolio_analysis_volatility { label: "Volatility" description: "Compute the volatility (i.e., standard deviation) of one or several portfolio(s) from either: \n* Portfolio assets covariance matrix\n* Portfolio values\n\nReferences\n* [Wikipedia, Standard Deviation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation#Finance)\n* Carl R. Bacon, Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement and Attribution\n* Harry M. Markowitz, Portfolio Selection, Efficient Diversification of Investments, Second edition, Blackwell Publishers Inc.\n" provider: portfoliooptimizer method: POST path: "/portfolio/analysis/volatility" encoding: json input: { type: "object" } output: { type: "object" required: ["portfolios"] properties: { portfolios: { type: "array" items: { type: "object" required: ["portfolioVolatility"] properties: { portfolioVolatility: { type: "number" description: "The volatility of the portfolio" } } } } } } }