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S&P GSCI Petroleum Spot Index GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, August 24th, 2026

1 Day

43.75%

decreased by 1.79%

1 Week

43.69%

decreased by 1.85%

1 Month

43.44%

decreased by 2.10%

Analysis last updated: Friday, August 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC

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graph of S&P GSCI Petroleum Spot Index GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Aug 21, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.995, volatility shocks have a half-life of 132 trading days (~0.5 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 6.58 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

5.4893
5.08***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0560
51.06***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9948
973.36***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

6.5848
8.17***

Persistence:

0.995

Half-life:

132 days