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Economic Risk: A 7 Step Guide to Understanding
Economic risk usually occurs when currency volatility affects the firm’s cash flows or its competitive standing within the domestic market.
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
The LCR focuses on the bank’s ability to weather a 30-day period of reduced/disrupted liquidity
Economic Structure
Economic Structure refers to the shifting balance of output, trade, earnings and employment across several economic sectors
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Fat Tail
A fat tail is a probability distribution that more commonly forecasts movements of 3 or more standard deviations than a normal distribution
What is Expected Shortfall?
Expected shortfall is a risk metric that includes expected losses above and beyond the VaR level.
Loss Ratio & Its Importance
A loss ratio is defined as the percentage of payouts or claims against the premium generated during the period.
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Swap In Finance
A swap is a financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange payments based on the movement of an underlying asset.
Skewness: Deciphering the Symmetry of Distributions
Skewness, a measure of a distribution’s symmetry, is the standardised third moment by dividing it by the standard deviation cubed.
Reputation Risk with Examples
Reputation risk is the danger that a firm will suffer a loss in public perception due to some factors which is well explained in the blog.
Arbitrage Pricing Theory
The arbitrage pricing theory is used by investors to make decisions about what assets to buy or sell, and when to do so.
What is Hypothesis Testing?
Hypothesis Testing is an educated statement, based on observations, about what we expect to happen within a population.
Yield to Maturity
When applied to all of a bond’s future cash flows, yield to maturity represents present value at market price.