
Explanation:
Component VaR is calculated using the formula: where is the dollar amount invested in stock T, and is the Marginal VaR of stock T.
The Marginal VaR is the partial derivative of the portfolio VaR with respect to the weight of stock T:
where is the standard normal deviate for the 95% confidence level ($1.645\rho_{i,p}0.45$), and $\sigma_i$ is the standard deviation of stock T ().
Plugging the values into the component VaR formula:
This is approximately CAD 1.444 million, making Option B the correct answer.
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A
CAD 0.096 million
B
CAD 1.444 million
C
CAD 2.041 million
D
CAD 3.948 million
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