Zero Mean, Infinite Variance

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One fascinating property of the Geometric Brownian Motion, is the possibility to have zero mean and infinite variance. We observe this phenomenon below:

Animation of the zero mean and infinite variance of the Geometric Brownian Motion
Animation: Zero Mean and Infinite Variance

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