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Percentile

A percentile is a value on a scale of one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it.

So if we calculate a 50th percentile, 50% of the time the returns are below that resulting value and 50% of the time they are above that value. A 50th percentile is the same as a "median." An average, or "mean," is similar but a weighted result.

 

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