Value-at-Risk Theory and Practice

The first advanced book on value-at-risk

Chapter 1, Page 50
Exercise 13

Below are informal descriptions of three portfolio mappings and three schematics of portfolio mappings. Match each description with the corresponding schematic.

a. Portfolio value depends upon key factors representing exchange rates, implied volatilities, and interest rates in various currencies.

b. A stock portfolio is modeled as a function of individual stocks’ single-period returns. For simplicity, all return pairs are assumed to have the same correlation.

c. A portfolio holds options and futures on gold. Its market value is approximated as a quadratic polynomial of applicable risk factors.

Schematic 1

[1.58]

Schematic 2

[1.59

Schematic 3

[1.60]

Solution

a. Schematic 2.

b. Schematic 3.

c. Schematic 1.

 

 

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