
Explanation:
The portfolio VaR reduces to the following expression in case the correlation is zero:
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Q.3141 Bob William is an equity strategist at Hambantota Investments, a large asset management company in East Asia. He is evaluating the risk of a portfolio and computes the V aR for the two positions in his portfolio as follows: VaR₁ = $3.6 million; and VaR₂ = $1.2 million. Based on this information, the VaR of the portfolio VaRₚ, if the returns of the two assets are uncorrelated, is closest to:
A
$3.794 million
B
$14.40 million
C
$4.80 million
D
$10.923 million
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