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How does the Cornish-Fisher expansion adjust the Value-at-Risk (VaR) of a portfolio that exhibits significant positive excess kurtosis?

  1. It decreases the VaR to reflect the diversification of tail risk.
  2. It increases the VaR by pushing the critical quantile further into the tail.
  3. It leaves the VaR unchanged if the distribution is symmetric.
  4. It replaces the standard deviation with the mean absolute deviation.

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