formula for Skew

[yjhirad]

David,

w respect to Skew calculation (page 10 in formulas) how do you go from E(X-U) cubed / stdev cubed to simply U cubed divided by stdev cubed?

jy

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

jy,

i can't remember why it's in the summary, frankly, but it doesn't look right...i'll take it out. thanks, David