99% confidence level requires the value at risk (VAR) to be within 2.33 standard deviations from the mean, based on a single tail measure.
how is the 2.33 calculated?
thanks a lot.
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value at risk
I explain this in my free lectures on VaR :-)
(We work backwards using the normal distribution tables provided in the exam)
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