arbitrage
a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
robustness
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
longevity
the property of being long-lived
tier
one of two or more layers one atop another
outlier
an extreme deviation from the mean
quantitative
expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
purport
have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
function
what something is used for
skewed
having an oblique or slanting direction or position
discount
an amount or percentage deducted
dispersion
spreading widely or driving off