Consider that an investor has a total of £300,000 to invest. The investor invested £200,000 in asset A and the remainder in asset B. Assume that the daily volatility of asset A is 2%, the daily volatility of asset B is 3% and that the coefficient of correlation between their returns is 0.4. What is the 5-day 99% VaR for the portfolio? [Note that N- 1(0.01) = 2.326]

Consider that an investor has a total of £300,000 to invest. The investor invested £200,000 in asset A and the remainder in asset B. Assume that the daily volatility of asset A is 2%, the daily volatility of asset B is 3% and that the coefficient of correlation between their returns is 0.4. What is the 5-day 99% VaR for the portfolio? [Note that N- 1(0.01) = 2.326]

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