Howard Freeman manages a portfolio of investment securities for a regional bank. The portfolio has a current market value equal to USD 6,247,000 with a daily variance of 0.0002. Assuming there are 250 trading days in a year and that the portfolio returns follow a normal distribution, the estimate of the annual VaR at the 95% confidence level is closest to which of the following?
Howard Freeman manages a portfolio of investment securities for a regional bank. The portfolio has a current market value equal to USD 6,247,000 with a daily variance of 0.0002. Assuming there are 250 trading days in a year and that the portfolio returns follow a normal distribution, the estimate of the annual VaR at the 95% confidence level is closest to which of the following? A.USD 32,595; B.USD 145,770; C.USD 2, 297,854; D.USD 2,737,868