Why is volatility annualized standard deviation of return

Why is volatility annualized standard deviation of return?

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Because it is a statistical measure, essentially backward looking, and since volatility seems to vary, and we need to know what this will be in the future, and since people have various views on what volatility will be in future, things are not which simple.

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