alleryStart learning →The VaR risk metric summarizes the distribution of possible losses by what?
AThe mean
BA quantile
CThe mode
DThe range
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A quantile
VaR picks a point, a quantile, with a specified probability of greater losses.
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