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iShares MSCI Japan ETF GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, July 27th, 2026

1 Day

22.88%

decreased by 1.24%

1 Week

22.96%

decreased by 1.16%

1 Month

23.27%

decreased by 0.85%

Analysis last updated: Friday, July 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC

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News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Apr 1, 1996 to Jul 24, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.997, volatility shocks have a half-life of 228 trading days (~0.9 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 7.25 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.

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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

4.4693
7.69***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0736
65.92***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9970
2,609.84***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

7.2510
12.58***

Persistence:

0.997

Half-life:

228 days