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VAR. A technique which uses the statistical analysis of historical market trends and volatilities to estimate the likelihood that a given portfolio's losses will exceed a certain amount. Value at risk is frequently calculated for either one day or two week periods, and is generally given as an X percentage chance that the portfolio will lose Y dollars.

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