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Integrated Value-at-Risk Modeling
Authors

S. Benninga
Z. Wiener
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To demonstrate some useful features of Mathematica's design, we turn to Benninga and Wiener's short paper on Value-at-Risk (VaR), the modern risk-measuring index. VaR is defined as the lowest quantile of the potential losses that can occur within a given portfolio during a specific time period. The time period T and the confidence level q are the two major parameters, which are chosen carefully and are dependent upon the goal of the risk management (regulatory reporting, corporate risk management, etc.). For example, suppose that a portfolio manager has a daily VaR equal to $1 million at 1%. This means that, assuming normal market conditions, there is only one chance in a hundred that there will be a daily loss bigger than $1 million. While this problem can be easily stated, finding a solution can frequently be computationally difficult.
Subject

*Business and Economics
Keywords

matrix algebra, defining functions, finance
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*Value-at-Risk (VaR)   [in Articles]
URL

http://library.wolfram.com/examples/var/
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