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ICE BofA Single-B US High Yield Index GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, October 23rd, 2026

1 Day

3.31%

decreased by 0.39%

1 Week

3.38%

decreased by 0.32%

1 Month

3.63%

decreased by 0.07%

Analysis last updated: Friday, October 23, 2026 at 02:31 PM UTC

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graph of ICE BofA Single-B US High Yield Index GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 1, 1997 to Oct 16, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.990, volatility shocks have a half-life of 71 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 = 5.21 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 0.990, shock half-life ~71 daysv = 5.21 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωlong-run0.1423
1.65*
αscore0.1903
19.18***
βpersistence0.9903
178.89***
νDF5.2057
6.70***

0.990

Persistence

71d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

long-run

Long-run variance given a price move

0.1423
1.65*
α

score

Weight on the scaled score

0.1903
19.18***
β

persistence

Volatility persistence

0.9903
178.89***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

5.2057
6.70***

Persistence:

0.990

Half-life:

71 days