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List of tables
Table 8.11 Relationship between lagged returns and applied weights 193
Table 8.12 Original and adjusted correlation forecasts 193
Table 8.13 Correlations between US and foreign instruments 196
Table 9.1 Foreign exchange 199
Table 9.2 Money market rates: sources and term structures 200
Table 9.3 Government bond zero rates: sources and term structures 201
Table 9.4 Swap zero rates: sources and term structures 203
Table 9.5 Equity indices: sources 204
Table 9.6 Commodities: sources and term structures 205
Table 9.7 Energy maturities 205
Table 9.8 Base metal maturities 206
Table 10.1 RiskMetrics file names 209
Table 10.2 Currency and commodity identifiers 210
Table 10.3 Maturity and asset class identifiers 210
Table 10.4 Sample volatility file 211
Table 10.5 Data columns and format in volatility files 212
Table 10.6 Sample correlation file 213
Table 10.7 Data columns and format in correlation files 213
Table 11.1 Realized percentages of VaR violations 220
Table 11.2 Realized “tail return” averages 221
Table A.1 Sample mean and standard deviation estimates for USD/DEM FX 228
Table A.2 Testing for univariate conditional normality 230
Table B.1 Parameter estimates for the South African rand 240
Table B.2 Sample statistics on standardized returns 241
Table B.3 VaR statistics (in %) for the 1st and 99th percentiles 242
Table D.1 Parameters used in option valuation 249
Table D.2 MAPE (%) for call, 1-day forecast horizon 251
Table D.3 ME (%) for call, 1-day forecast horizons 251
RiskMetrics —Technical Document
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