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Wal-Mart Stores Inc GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Monday, October 5th, 2026

1 Day

23.64%

decreased by 1.06%

1 Week

23.68%

decreased by 1.02%

1 Month

23.80%

decreased by 0.90%

Analysis last updated: Friday, October 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC

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10/02/2026

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News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

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Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Oct 2, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.995, volatility shocks have a half-life of 146 trading days (~0.6 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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High persistence: persistence 0.995, shock half-life ~146 daysv = 5.19 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωconst2.8477
1.09
αARCH0.0535
12.95***
βGARCH0.9953
229.80***
νDF5.1853
3.46***

0.995

Persistence

146d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

2.8477
1.09
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.0535
12.95***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.9953
229.80***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

5.1853
3.46***

Persistence:

0.995

Half-life:

146 days