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A situation in which market interest rates for longer term funds are lower than those for shorter maturities.
A leptokurtic frequency distribution (or leptokurtotic distribution) has a larger number of values clustered at the peak and in the tails, than a comparable normal distribution with the same variance and mean.


Also known as a 'negative' yield curve, a 'falling' yield curve or 'inverted' yield curve.
A possible explanation for this shape is that the market under review is mean reverting for small market movements (explaining the clustering at the peak) and trending for large market movements (explaining the clustering in the tails).


== See also ==
* [[Frequency distribution]]
* [[Leptokurtosis]]
* [[Lognormal frequency distribution]]
* [[Mean reversion]]
* [[Normal distribution]]
* [[Normal frequency distribution]]
* [[Tail]]
* [[Trend analysis]]
* [[Volatility smile]]


== See also ==
* [[Negative yield curve]]
* [[Phillips curve]]
* [[Yield curve]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

A leptokurtic frequency distribution (or leptokurtotic distribution) has a larger number of values clustered at the peak and in the tails, than a comparable normal distribution with the same variance and mean.

A possible explanation for this shape is that the market under review is mean reverting for small market movements (explaining the clustering at the peak) and trending for large market movements (explaining the clustering in the tails).

See also