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After exploring the mean and variance of financial returns, which provide insights into the average performance and volatility of an investment, it's important to study the higher moments of distribution: skewness and kurtosis. Skewness and kurtosis provide insights into the asymmetry and fatness of a distribution. These moments offer a deeper understanding of the behavior of return distributions, particularly in terms of asymmetry and tail risk.
