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To determine:
The value at Risk of the portfolio at first percentile
Introduction:
Value at Risk of the portfolio measures the lowest risk of the portfolio. It helps to understand how much would the investor loses in a portfolio. This can be determined through probability of the investment for a particular period of time.
Answer to Problem 1PS
It can be concluded that if the 5th percentile of the Value at risk is
Explanation of Solution
5th Percentile of Value at risk (Value at risk) means that the return should happen less than 5% of the time or less. That means 1 percentile Value at risk would be a return that should happen less than 1% of the time.
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