Value at Risk and Hedge Fund Return - Does High Risk Bring High Return?

Hedge Funds: Risk and Return

ince the early 1990s, hedge funds have become an increasingly popular asset class. The amount invested globally in hedge funds rose from approximately $50 billion in 1990 to approximately $1 trillion by the end of 2004.1 And because these funds characteristically use substantial leverage, they play a far more important role in the global securities markets than the size of their net assets indi...

Planetary seismology: High risk, high return

Except for specialists, planetary seismology refers first to Earth seismology, and stimulates thoughts about earthquakes, tsunamis, and all such rare and brutal events that everyone knows by experience and/or fears. According to etymology, seismology shakes and shocks our bodies and our minds. According to semantics, all languages make the difference between “superficial” and “deep” things, so ...

high volatility, thick tails and extreme value theory in value at risk estimation: the case of liability insurance in iran insurance company

در این بررسی ابتدا به بررسی ماهیت توزیع خسارات پرداخته میشود و از روش نظریه مقادیر نهایی برای بدست آوردن برآورد ارزش در معرض خطر برای خسارات روزانه بیمه مسئولیت شرکت بیمه ایران استفاده میشود. سپس کارایی نظریه مقدار نهایی در برآورد ارزش در معرض خطر با کارایی سایر روشهای واریانس ، کواریانس و روش شبیه سازی تاریخی مورد مقایسه قرار میگیرد. نتایج این بررسی نشان میدهند که توزیع ،garch شناخته شده مدل...

Replication Methods and Return Characteristics of Hedge Fund ETFs

Hedge Fund Risk Modeling