[R] Prediction using ARCH

2014-11-15 Thread Preetam Pal
Hi, I have two variables, FTSE100 and CPI . Call them Y and X respectively. I want to fit an ARCH(1) to model Y on X. I also intend to predict the values of Y for future (given) values of X. How can I use R for such prediction? Another question is: is there a way I can call an R function which

Re: [R] Prediction using ARCH

2014-11-15 Thread Patrick Burns
Preetam, You are more likely to want garch than arch. These models are data-hungry, so I'm sceptical that a model with CPI is going to be very good. See for instance: www.portfolioprobe.com/2012/09/20/garch-estimation-on-impossibly-long-series/ This question is really more appropriate for