Essays about: "Conditional Autoregressive Value-at-Risk"
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1. Training Risk Measure Models to Ascertain Which Continent’ Equity Has the Highest Risk ForInvestment Based On Randomly Selected Individual Continents’ Equities Listed On The New YorkStock Exchange
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : Western countries, institutions, and people from all walks of land, including Africans, have carried the notion that it is riskier to invest in African countries compared to countries in other continents. This study verified if that notion is empirically established or it is just a mere notion born out of people's imagination and unfounded belief. READ MORE
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2. Managing Risk with Energy Commodities using Value-at-Risk and Extreme Value Theory
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Today’s society requires an endless supply of energy resources to keep functioning properly. The fluctuations in the prices of energy commodities are always a concern as it affects not only investors, but regular households as well. READ MORE
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3. An Empirical Analysis of the Influence of Jump Dynamics on Value-at-Risk Estimation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Recent financial crises have demonstrated the importance of accurately measuring financial risks in order to be able to employ mitigating risk policies. This essay investigates the question whether a GARCH model augmented by an autoregressive conditional jump intensity component can improve value-at-risk forecasts in comparison to common GARCH models. READ MORE
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4. An empirical study of the Value-at-Risk of the renewable energy market and the impact of the oil price
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Renewable energy is gaining increasing importance in the generation of power due to the finite existence of fossil fuels and concerns about climate change. As its demand grows financial interest from investors’ increases, thus it is important to find the most effective way of quantifying the risk of the renewable energy market. READ MORE
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5. VaR for a portfolio of Swedish Index-bonds - An empiricial evaluation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the performance of seven different methods that are used when estimating Value-at-Risk for a portfolio of Swedish index-bonds with different maturities. As a supplementary objective, the paper tries to determine the history that one needs to account for when calculating VaR. READ MORE