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JSE Securities South African Volatility Index Spline-GARCH Volatility Analysis
Volatility prediction for Friday, September 18th, 2026
1 Day
102.40%
decreased by 1.07%
1 Week
109.05%
increased by 5.58%
1 Month
117.12%
increased by 13.65%
Analysis last updated: Friday, September 18, 2026 at 09:55 PM UTC
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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 3 trading days.
τ
Spline-GARCH Model
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Time-varying baseline: volatility reverts to a slowly-shifting spline trend
| Param | Value | t-stat |
|---|---|---|
| ωconst | 0.6908 | 4.85*** |
| αARCH | 0.1344 | 4.36*** |
| βGARCH | 0.6594 | 10.51*** |
Spline Coefficients
K=9
| γ1 | 0.0393 | 0.26 |
| γ2 | -0.1694 | -0.78 |
| γ3 | 0.3784 | 2.33** |
| γ4 | -0.5254 | -2.40** |
| γ5 | 0.4290 | 1.82* |
| γ6 | -0.0212 | -0.11 |
| γ7 | -0.4737 | -2.55** |
| γ8 | 0.6542 | 3.29*** |
| γ9 | -0.3539 | -1.37 |
0.794
Persistence3d
Half-lifeτ
Spline-GARCH Model
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| Parameter | Value | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|
ω const Unconditional variance weight | 0.6908 | 4.85*** |
α ARCH Response to squared shocks | 0.1344 | 4.36*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.6594 | 10.51*** |
Spline Coefficients
K=9
| γ1 | 0.0393 | 0.26 |
| γ2 | -0.1694 | -0.78 |
| γ3 | 0.3784 | 2.33** |
| γ4 | -0.5254 | -2.40** |
| γ5 | 0.4290 | 1.82* |
| γ6 | -0.0212 | -0.11 |
| γ7 | -0.4737 | -2.55** |
| γ8 | 0.6542 | 3.29*** |
| γ9 | -0.3539 | -1.37 |
Persistence:
0.794
Half-life:
3 days
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