A. VAR can account for the diversified holdings of a financial institution, reducing capital requirements.
B. VAR(1%) can be interpreted as the number of days that a loss in portfolio value will exceed 1%.
C. VAR was developed in order to more closely represent the economic capital necessary to ensure commercial bank solvency.
D. VAR(10%) = $0 indicates a positive dollar return is likely to occur on 90 out of 100 days.