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iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis
Volatility prediction for Monday, August 24th, 2026
1 Day
1.26%
decreased by 0.05%
1 Week
1.26%
decreased by 0.05%
1 Month
1.27%
decreased by 0.04%
Analysis last updated: Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
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How volatility evolves over timeParameter Estimates
Jul 26, 2002 to Aug 21, 2026Boundary Parameters
Model 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 | 0.0572 | 63.90*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.9990 | 4,520.36*** |
ν DF Student-t tail thickness | 6.5040 | 18.91*** |
Persistence:
0.999
Half-life:
693 days
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