Predicting Financial Volatility: High-Frequency Time-Series Forecasts Vis-a-Vis Implied Volatility
Preprint
- 1 January 2002
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
Recent evidence suggests option implied volatility provides better forecasts of financial volatility than time-series models based on historical daily returns.Keywords
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