asset management are predicated on the importance of jumps, or discontinuous movements in asset returns. In light of this, a … number of recent papers have addressed volatility predictability, some from the perspective of the usefulness of jumps in … forecasting volatility. Key papers in this area include Andersen, Bollerslev, Diebold and Labys (2003), Corsi (2004), Andersen …

Forecasting volatility models typically rely on either daily or high frequency (HF) data and the choice between these … these two family forecasting-volatility models, comparing their performance (in terms of Value at Risk, VaR) under the … assumptions of jumps in prices and leverage effects for volatility. Findings suggest that daily-data models are preferred to HF …

Forecasting-volatility models typically rely on either daily or high frequency (HF) data and the choice between these … forecasting-volatility models, comparing their performance (in terms of Value at Risk, VaR) under the assumptions of jumping …

using these models in an out-of-sample forecasting exercise compared with the forecasts obtained based on the usual linear …

Numerous tests designed to detect realized jumps over a fixed time span have been proposed and extensively studied in … the financial econometrics literature. These tests differ from “long time span tests” that detect jumps by examining the … these findings, and “time-span robust” tests indicate that the prevalence of jumps is not as universal as might be expected. …

forecasting, the authors propose a new factor multivariate stochastic volatility (fMSV) model for realized covariance measures … outperform existing dynamic conditional correlation models for forecasting future covariances. Among the new fMSV models, the … Cholesky MSV model with long memory and asymmetry shows stable and better forecasting performance for one-day, five-day and ten …

coverage or tone to provide the largest forecasting performance improvements in the prediction of the conditional variance of …

volatility information improves the day volatility estimation. The results indicate a forecasting improvement using bivariate …