Author Jill Williamson also has compiled a comprehensive list of character archetypes on her website, along with short descriptions of movie, TV, or literary characters that exemplify the archetype. In literature, archetypes often appear in the form of. Symbols or motifs; Situations or plot forms; Themes; Animals; Settings or places; Characters
A budget variance is the difference between the budgeted or baseline amount of expense or revenue, and the actual amount. The budget variance is favorable when the actual revenue is higher than the budget or when the actual expense is less than the budget. In rare cases, the budget variance can also refer to the difference between actual and budgeted assets and liabilities.
Standard Deviation and Finance. Perhaps standard deviation is the most important concepts as far as finance is concerned. Finance and banking is all about measuring and managing risk and standard deviation measures risk (Volatility). Standard deviation is used by all portfolio managers to measure and track risk. One of the most important ratios in portfolio management, Sharpe Ratio (for which William Sharpe got a Nobel Prize) uses Standard Deviation to measure risk adjusted return (and hence provides incentives to portfolio managers to generate return by taking minimum risk).