1. MEASURING BLACK SWANS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENTS OF THE EQUITY RETURNS DISTRIBUTION Open Access Author: Tallman, Gregory D Title: MEASURING BLACK SWANS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENTS OF THE EQUITY RETURNS DISTRIBUTION Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: kurtosisskewnessGaussianbell curvedistributionsectorreturnsTalebBlack Swan File: Download ThesisTallmanFINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Olesya Grishchenko, Thesis SupervisorOlesya Grishchenko, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor