Many practitioners annualize VaR just like the standard deviation. We show that this approach is incorrect, and a more sophisticated formula should be used for deriving a periodic VaR from parameters of the daily returns distribution. Another problem addressed here is the distribution of daily...

The metalog distributions represent a convenient way to approach many practical application. Their distinctive feature is simple closed-form expressions for quantile functions. This paper contributes to further development of the metalog distributions by deriving the closed-form expressions for...