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NASDAQ Composite Index Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

1 Day

21.47%

decreased by 0.28%

1 Week

21.54%

decreased by 0.21%

1 Month

21.76%

increased by 0.01%

Analysis last updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC

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graph of NASDAQ Composite Index S0GARCH

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 1, 1990 to Jul 2, 2026

Model Insight

This model fits a time-varying baseline (a spline), so volatility mean-reverts toward a slowly-shifting long-run level rather than a constant. Short-run deviations decay with a half-life of 18 trading days.

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Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

0.7469
7.34***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0996
10.28***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.8632
71.57***
γi Spline Coefficients
K=8
γ10.0082
0.28
γ20.0509
1.14
γ3-0.1763
-5.64***
γ40.2078
7.44***
γ5-0.1497
-5.96***
γ60.1061
3.84***
γ7-0.0596
-2.14**
γ80.0076
0.38

Persistence:

0.963

Half-life:

18 days