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iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis
Volatility prediction for Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
1 Day
1.52%
unchanged at 0.00%
1 Week
1.52%
unchanged at 0.00%
1 Month
1.52%
unchanged at 0.00%
Analysis last updated: Monday, August 10, 2026 at 09:31 PM UTC
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How volatility evolves over timeParameter Estimates
Jul 26, 2002 to Aug 7, 2026Model Insight
With persistence 0.999, volatility shocks have a half-life of 693 trading days (~2.7 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 6.50 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.
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GAS-GARCH-T Model
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| Parameter | Value | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|
ω const Unconditional variance weight | 0.0125 | 4.47*** |
α ARCH Response to squared shocks | 0.0571 | 63.85*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.9990 | 4,520.36*** |
ν DF Student-t tail thickness | 6.5018 | 18.88*** |
Persistence:
0.999
Half-life:
693 days
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