Are combination forecasts of S&P 500 volatility statistically superior?



MSE

____________QLIKE_______

ARMA + ARFIMAr

1.477

ARMA+ARFIMAr
I +SVRV+VIX )

3042.5

fARMA+ARFIMA r
+SVRV+VIX J

1.502

ARMA + ARFIMAr

3043.8

ALLr

1.509

(ARMA+ARFIMA u
+SVRV+VIX )

3102.4

ALLMBF r

1.549

ARFIMA

3159.2

ARMA + ARFIMAu

1.648

ARMA + ARFIMAu

3161.6

ARMA

1.659

ARMA

3174.3

ARFIMA

1.667

ALL

3205.2

GARCHRV

1.952

SVRV

3222.5

(ARMA+ARFIMA u
+SVRV+VIX )

1.969

VIX

3253.0

ALLu

2.001

ALLMBF u

3266.1

ALLMBF u

2.014

GARCHRV

3266.6

GJRRV

2.161

GJRRV

3278.7

GJRRVG

2.404

ALLMBF r

3447.5

VIX

2.525

GARCH

3472.5

GARCH

2.575

GJR

3575.7

SV

2.730

GJRRVG

3700.7

GJR

2.857

SV

3923.0

SVRV_________

4.543

ALL_________

5796.9

Table 4: Loss function rankings for individual and combination forecasts.

tion forecasts based on the MCS of individual forecasts, the regression based
combinations of
ARMA+ARFIMA and ARMA+ARFIMA+SV RV+VIX.
The equally weighted combinations of these also rank relatively highly, along
with individual
ARMA and ARFIMA forecasts. As an individual forecast,
the
VIX does not perform particularly well. This represents a preliminary
indication that the
VIX, as an IV estimate, does not seem to incorporate in-
formation relevant to future volatility of the same quality as that contained in
the top performing combinations. The issue of whether the
VIX is significantly
inferior will now be considered.

Tables 5 and 6 contain the MCS results given the MSE and QLIKE loss
functions respectively. Assuming a level of significance of
5%, the MSE MCS
contains predominantly
ARMA and ARFIMA based forecasts. While ALLMBFr

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