The word fluctuation comes from Latin roots, from the word “fluctuatĭo”. The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy describes the term as the action and effect of fluctuating; and fluctuation can be defined as experiencing a variation of a measure or value. Fluctuation is an entry that can be found in different settings and contexts, but that refers to the increase and decrease of something in particular and alternately, that is to say, it is the variation, alteration or transformation in the value, quality or intensity of something. In the business sphere, fluctuation is when downward and upward fluctuations occur that the prices of the securities traded in certain financial markets may suffer; generally they are variations that undergo due to a variable or magnitude between the value at a certain moment and its average value.
Then the fluctuation in the market, finally it can be said that it is related to the movement or oscillation that can occur in the actions, either, as mentioned before, up or down, a phenomenon that can occur in almost all sessions. negotiation. Markets mobilize accordingly to a set of events, ranging from corporate profits to economic data, such as interest rates.
There are two types of fluctuations, first the regular or cyclical fluctuation, this occurs when there are seasonal periods, that is, stages of growth that occur at times of contraction; and on the other hand, irregular fluctuation, which is determined by modifications that are not periodic and that are due to changes that are not habitual.
Otra posible acepción que manifiesta la RAE, es la indeterminación, titubeo o duda con que alguien vacila, sin acertar a resolverse. En las estadísticas se entiendes por fluctuación la desviación típica de una serie de datos estadísticos.
