Volatility Models Fin250f: Lecture 5.2 Fall 2005 Reading: Taylor, chapter 9
Outline Stochastic volatility models ARCH(1) GARCH(1,1) GARCH(p,q) GJR and volatility asymmetry
Stochastic Volatility
Very straightforward Difficult to estimate Extensions: h(t) follows discrete markov process
ARCH(1) Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity
ARCH(1) Alpha<1 Omega>0 Squared return correlations not persistent enough
GARCH(1,1)
GARCH(1,1) standardized residuals
GARCH(1,1) Most heavily used volatility model on Wall St. Estimation: maximum likelihood (not too difficult) Moments Variance Skew = 0 Kurtosis > 3
GARCH volatility forecasts
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