PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ramon P Degennaro TI - Value at Risk: <em>How Much Can I Lose by This Time Next Year?</em> AID - 10.3905/jwm.2008.11.3.092 DP - 2008 Oct 31 TA - The Journal of Wealth Management PG - 92--96 VI - 11 IP - 3 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/11/3/92.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/11/3/92.full AB - An individual investor typically assesses the risk of his portfolio by means of its asset mix—the proportion of stocks to bonds—or by the type of stocks it contains or sometimes by more sophisticated measures, such as its volatility. This article demonstrates an alternative measure of risk: How much can I lose by this time next year?TOPICS: Portfolio construction, VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk