Discuss the difficulties that having options in a security portfolio create for the measurement of portfolio risk.

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Discuss the difficulties that having options in a security portfolio create for the measurement of portfolio risk. Specifically, explain why standard deviation is a deficient statistic for capturing the essence of risk in a put-protected portfolio. How could the standard deviation statistic be modified to account for this concern?

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Investment Analysis And Portfolio Management

ISBN: 9780176500696

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Frank K. Reilly, Peggy L. Hedges, Philip Chang, Keith C. Brown, Hedges Reilly Brown

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