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Montanaro European Smaller Cos Trust PLC Spline ILLIQ Liquidity Analysis
Illiquidity prediction for Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
1 Day
20,038.59
increased by 462.64
1 Week
28,519.49
increased by 8,943.54
1 Month
35,304.19
increased by 15,728.24
Analysis last updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 08:40 PM UTC
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How illiquidity evolves over timeParameter Estimates
Jan 2, 2007 to Aug 14, 2026Model Insight
With persistence 0.996, illiquidity shocks have a half-life of 187 trading days (~0.7 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate.
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ILLIQ-SMEM Model
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| Parameter | Value | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|
ω const Unconditional variance weight | 1.0505 | 1.32 |
α ARCH Response to squared shocks | 0.3342 | 3.83*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.6621 | 7.95*** |
Spline Coefficients
K=10
| γ1 | -2.1672 | -3.12*** |
| γ2 | 2.1709 | 2.28** |
| γ3 | 0.4450 | 1.12 |
| γ4 | -0.4038 | -0.83 |
| γ5 | -0.1105 | -0.21 |
| γ6 | -0.8083 | -1.05 |
| γ7 | 1.9619 | 1.58 |
| γ8 | -1.2848 | -1.14 |
| γ9 | -0.0274 | -0.04 |
| γ10 | 0.5142 | 0.72 |
Persistence:
0.996
Half-life:
187 days
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