The sensitivity (delta) of a portfolio to a single point move in the value of the S&P500 is $100. If the current level of the S&P500 is 2000, and has a one day volatility of 1%, what is the value-at-risk for this portfolio at the 99% confidence and a horizon of 10 days? What is this method of calculating VaR called?
Which of the formulae below describes incremental VaR where a new position 'm' is added to the portfolio?
(where p is theportfolio, and V_i is the value of the i-th asset in the portfolio. All other notation and symbols have their usual meaning.) A)
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The probability of default of a security over a 1 year period is 3%. What is the probability that it would not have defaulted at theend of four years from now?
For a 10 year interest rate swap, what would be the worst time for a counterparty to default (in terms of the maximum likely credit exposure)
Which of the following statements is true
I. If no loss data is available, good quality scenarios can be used to model operational risk II. Scenario data can be mixed with observed loss data for modeling severity and frequency estimates III. Severity estimates should not be created by fitting models to scenario generated loss data points alone IV. Scenario assessments should only be used as modifiers to ILD or ELD severity models.
