# Confidence level

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## Definition

In the financial market, a measure of the certainty of a loss expectation, i.e. the probability that a value determined by the value at risk (the calculated loss that may occur in the event of an unfavorable market development within a risk horizon) will be close to this pre-calculated expected value. - See contingent loss, Gini coefficient, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, risk. - Cf. Monthly Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank of December 2007, pp. 59 ff (measures and measurement methods). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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