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McDonald's Corp Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, August 24th, 2026

1 Day

19.17%

decreased by 0.37%

1 Week

19.18%

decreased by 0.36%

1 Month

19.21%

decreased by 0.33%

Analysis last updated: Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC

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graph of McDonald's Corp S0GARCH

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Aug 21, 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 22 trading days.

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Zero Slope Spline-GARCH Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

1.3396
9.07***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0519
6.55***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9174
72.74***
γi Spline Coefficients
K=5
γ10.0281
3.71***
γ2-0.0544
-4.49***
γ30.0409
3.94***
γ4-0.0128
-1.25
γ5-0.0040
-0.54

Persistence:

0.969

Half-life:

22 days