Market Risk Forecasting and Control
(Econ 413)
Coursework 1
Electronic submission due on Mar 28, 2025 by 12 noon
Guidelines
1. The first submitted file must be in pdf format including results and comments. All results presented must be interpreted: only include the figures and tables you comment.
2. The second submitted file must be a R code which replicates all results presented in the first file.
3. Word limits: no more than
(a) 600 words in Part 1
(b) 850 words in Part 2
4. Maximum filesize: 2MB.
5. For support with submissions refer to John Sharples ([email protected])
Part 1
Download the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the sample that starts on your birthday in 2006 and ends on your birthday in 2022.
(i) Visualise the data and comment on its features.
(ii) Consider a normal GARCH and use an appropriate method for choosing its specification. (iii) Perform residual analysis on the chosen model.
[100 marks]
Part 2
Using the same data as in Part 1, perform the following analysis.
1. Use EWMA, MA, historical simulation and GARCH(1, 1) models to compute 5-percent daily value at risk forecasts for a testing window given by the last 10 years of data. Explore different choices of estimation window.
2. Perform backtesting analysis.
3. Create an equally weighted portfolio of two assets of your choice from the US stock market in the same sample and repeat the above analysis.
[100 marks]