Research Article

The Volatility Forecasting Power of Financial Network Analysis

Table 3

The forecasting realized volatility of North and Latin America stock market indices using in-sample analysis with monthly data and core econometric specifications shown in Table 1.

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)
VariableSPXCCMPSPTSXMEXBOLIBOVIPSAMERVALIGBVL

C−1.438−1.444−1.346−1.351−1.392−1.393−1.783−1.784−1.866−1.863−2.952−2.947−1.664−1.665−1.540−1.541
0.4700.4710.4140.4140.4550.4540.3980.3990.4010.4000.4920.4920.3090.3080.3560.357
VMSTL (−1)0.2710.2470.3230.0940.2780.3280.3500.017
0.3710.3000.4020.3620.3270.3740.3950.436
VPMFGL (−1)0.1450.0410.2120.1130.3390.3220.3490.017
0.3400.2940.3670.3400.3080.3440.3760.394
AR (−1)0.4920.5470.4520.4770.4890.5020.5830.5850.4420.4500.4670.4680.4980.4970.5010.500
0.1040.1020.0960.0990.0810.0810.0750.0740.0830.0850.0650.0640.0690.0670.0650.065
AR (−2)0.1670.1130.1720.1460.2640.2530.0050.0030.1520.1440.0460.0440.0410.0420.1910.193
0.0890.0900.0880.0920.0860.0860.0850.0820.0710.0720.0860.0840.0990.0990.0850.085
AR (−3)0.1200.1190.1570.1570.0420.0400.1290.1290.0610.0610.0470.0480.1330.1320.0610.061
0.0720.0710.0770.0770.0600.0600.0690.0690.0550.0550.0750.0750.0860.0860.0880.089

R-squared0.5040.5040.5000.4990.5390.5380.4290.4290.3270.3290.2760.2760.3490.3490.4570.457
Prob (Wald F-statistic)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000

Note: AR stands for lag monthly volatility realized. AR (−1) and AR (−2) represent the first and second lags of volatility realized. SPX, CCMP, SPTX, MEXBOL, and IGBVL Lmex denote one-month volatility realized returns of the respective indices. The estimations from the first equation in Table 1 are presented here. , , and . Source: authors’ elaboration.