A Disadvantage of the Historic or Back Simulation Model for Quantifying

question 27

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of the historic or back simulation model for quantifying market risk includes

• A)calculation of a standard deviation of returns is not required.
• B)calculation of the correlation between asset returns is not required.
• C)estimates of past returns used in the model may not be relevant to the current market returns.
• D)it accounts for non-standard return distributions.
• E)None of the options.

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Definitions:

Bargaining Tactics

Strategies used by parties in negotiations to enhance their positions and achieve more favorable outcomes.

Strikebreakers

Individuals who work or are employed in place of union workers who are on strike, thus undermining the strike action.

Lockout

A negotiating tactic in which a firm forbids its unionized workers to return to work until a new collective bargaining agreement is signed; a means of imposing costs (lost wages) on union workers.

Union Representatives

Individuals elected or appointed to represent the interests and concerns of members within a labor union.