Assignment:
Sam Neil, a new quantitative analyst, has been asked by the portfolio manager to calculate the portfolio 1-day 98% Value-at-Risk (VaR) measure based on the past 100 trading days. What will this be if worst 5 losses in the past 100 trading days are 316M, 385M, 412M, 422M and 485M in USD?
a. USD 31.6M
b. USD 41.2M
c. USD 316M
d. USD 412M