GOLDMAN SACHS Value At Risk

GSGOX Fund  USD 13.32  0.00  0.00%   
Reference data associated with the Value At Risk technical indicator for Goldman Sachs Government. Indicator values reflect available price and volume data where applicable.
Goldman Sachs Government has current Value At Risk of -0.23. Value At Risk (or VAR) is a statistical technique used to measure the level of financial risk of investment instrument over a specific time frame. It is a widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific investing instrument.

Value At Risk

 = 

ER[a] x N

+

(Z-SCORE x STD x SQRT (N))

 = 
-0.23
ER[a] = Expected return on investing in GOLDMAN SACHS
STD =   Standard Deviation of GOLDMAN SACHS
N = Number of points for the period
Z-SCORE = Number of standard deviations above or below the mean

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Value At Risk Relative To Other Indicators

Goldman Sachs Government ranks first in value at risk among similar funds. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown among similar funds .
Value At Risk is used by risk managers in order to measure and control the level of risk which the firm undertakes. The risk manager job is to ensure that risks are not taken beyond the level at which the firm can absorb the losses of a probable worst outcome. VAR can be defined as the loss level that will not be exceeded with a certain confidence level during a certain period of time. Compare GOLDMAN SACHS to Peers

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