Merits Of VaR Compared to Other Risk Measures :
1. Easy To Understand:
VaR is just one value that gives an idea about magnitude of risk in the portfolio. It is easy to interpret and analyse since it is either measured in price units or percentage of portfolio.
2. Easy To Compare
One can measure and compare VaR of different protfolios and various assets. This helps in decison- making.
3. Availability
One can easily find VaR as a part of various financial softwares like bloomberg. This is the biggest advantage.
Limitation of Approach requested in Analysis 1 :-
precludes incorporating portfolio manager actions.
QUESTION 4 1 points Save Answer Tina Ming is a senior portfolio Manager at Flusk Pension...
QUESTION 2 1 points Save a Tina Ming is a senior portfolio manager at Flusk Pension Fund (Flusk). Flusk's portfoliois composed of fixed Income instruments structured to match Flusk's liabilities. Mingworks with Shrikant McKee, Flusk's risk analyst.Ming and McKee discuss the latest risk report. McKee calculated value at risk (VaR)for the entire portfolio using the historical method and assuming a lookback period offive years and 250 trading days per year. McKee presents VaR measures in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1: Flusk...
1 points se QUESTION 1 Tina Ming is a senior portfolio manager at Flusk Pension Fund (Flusk). Flusk's portfolios composed of fixed-income Instruments structured to match Flusk's liabilities. Mingworks with Shrikant McKee, Flusk's risk analyst.Ming and McKee discuss the latest risk report. McKee calculated value at risk (VaR for the entire portfolio using the historical method and assuming a lookback period offive years and 250 trading days per year. McKee presents VaR measures in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1: Flusk Portfolio...
[10:10 AM, 3/31/2020] M: Tina Ming is a senior portfolio manager at Flusk Pension Fund (Flusk). Flusk’s portfoliois composed of fixed- income instruments structured to match Flusk’s liabilities. Mingworks with Shrikant McKee, Flusk’s risk analyst.Ming and McKee discuss the latest risk report. McKee calculated value at risk (VaR)for the entire portfolio using the historical method and assuming a lookback period offive years and 250 trading days per year. McKee presents VaR measures in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1: Flusk Portfolio VaR...