Value-at risk under normal assumption and extreme value theory

• Main Authors: Chng, Xun Jin, Lim, Zhi Jun, Yan, Han
• 其他作者: Wang, Peiming
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 出版: 2008
• 主題: DRNTU::Business::Accounting; DRNTU::Business::Finance::Risk management
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10092
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we wanted to compare and contrast the VaR estimates under the Normal assumption and the Extreme Value Theory for a selected portfolio of Singapore stocks. The methodologies chosen for the computations are the Variance-Covariance method and Generalised Extreme Value distribution app...