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iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, July 27th, 2026

1 Day

4.77%

increased by 0.18%

1 Week

4.79%

increased by 0.20%

1 Month

4.86%

increased by 0.27%

Analysis last updated: Friday, July 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC

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graph of iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Sep 10, 2007 to Jul 24, 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 = 5.19 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

0.1310
4.60***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.1315
53.00***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9910
533.09***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

5.1909
15.52***

Persistence:

0.991

Half-life:

77 days