Moments of a Time Series: Mean and Variance

Learn about the first two and most popular moments of the distribution of a time series: the mean and the variance.

Motivation

The moments of a time series can often tell us a lot about its distribution. They summarize the key properties of the time series, thus giving us a lot of information about what future realizations may look like. Generally speaking, we can define an unconditional moment as:

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