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Old 01-20-2010, 05:06 PM
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What is the difference between value at risk and percentile? Or are they the same thing?
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I believe they are the same.
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Value at Risk is a glorified name for Percentile
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Value at Risk is a glorified name for Percentile
You stole the words out of my keyboard.

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They're the same
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Value at Risk is a glorified name for Percentile
You stole the adjective out of Abe's manual
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