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iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, October 16th, 2026

1 Day

19.04%

decreased by 0.60%

1 Week

19.33%

decreased by 0.31%

1 Month

20.41%

increased by 0.77%

Analysis last updated: Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC

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Parameter Estimates

Apr 3, 1996 to Oct 9, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.991, volatility shocks have a half-life of 77 trading days (~0.3 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 7.78 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.

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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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High persistence: persistence 0.991, shock half-life ~77 daysv = 7.78 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωconst3.9771
2.15**
αARCH0.0915
11.29***
βGARCH0.9911
255.89***
νDF7.7826
2.17**

0.991

Persistence

77d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

3.9771
2.15**
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0915
11.29***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9911
255.89***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

7.7826
2.17**

Persistence:

0.991

Half-life:

77 days