In analyzing the historical performance of a financial product, you are concerned about "fat tails", the probability of extreme returns compared to realized returns. Which of the following measures should you use to determine if the product return distribution of the product has "fat tails"?
On January 1, 2010 the TED (treasury-euro dollar) spread was 0.9%, and on January 31, 2010 the TED spread is 0.4%. As a risk manager, how would you interpret this change?
Which one of the following four statements presents a challenge of using external loss databases in the operational risk framework?
After one year and spending USD 1.0 million, a bank finally succeeds in recovering USD 10 million on an exposure that, at the time of its default, was valued at USD 20 million. If the recovery discount rate is 10%, what is the estimate of the recovery rate?