Aggregation
Financial aggregation combines positions, cash flows, balances, or records at a defined level so totals, concentrations, and offsetting exposures can be evaluated.
Methods for combining financial records, smoothing time-ordered observations, and dividing ranked samples into deciles.
Aggregation, Moving Averages, and Deciles covers three different ways of reducing financial data into a more usable form. Aggregation combines records or exposures at a defined level. A Moving Average smooths time-ordered observations. A Decile divides a ranked sample into ten groups.
Each method discards or compresses information. A total can hide its components, a smoother can lag a turning point, and a decile can hide variation within the group. Preserve source data and document every rule used to create the summary.
| Question | Start with | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| What is the total exposure or balance at this level? | Aggregation | Scope, mappings, units, timing, duplicates, gross and net treatment |
| What is the recent level or direction after reducing short-term variation? | Moving average | Window, weights, alignment, lag, and data adjustments |
| Where does an observation rank within a defined sample? | Decile | Population, direction, algorithm, ties, weights, and missing values |
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Financial aggregation combines positions, cash flows, balances, or records at a defined level so totals, concentrations, and offsetting exposures can be evaluated.
A decile is one of ten ranked groups or one of nine cut points that divide ordered financial observations into tenths.
A moving average smooths a financial time series by recalculating an average over a rolling window, with lag and responsiveness determined by its weights.