@techreport{neely:2001-009B, title = {Predicting Exchange Rate Volatility: Genetic Programming vs. {GARCH} and Risk Metrics}, address = {411 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63102-0442, USA}, author = {Christopher J. Neely and Paul A. Weller}, institution = {Economic, Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}, month = {September}, number = {2001-009B}, type = {Working Paper}, url = {http://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2001/2001-009.pdf}, year = {2001}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f0e33fb1a50f51cd0cb55b2996db9ce0/brazovayeye}, abstract = {This article investigates the use of genetic programming to forecast out-of-sample daily volatility in the foreign exchange market. Forecasting performance is evaluated relative to GARCH(1,1) and RiskMetrics models for two currencies, DEM and JPY. Although the GARCH/RiskMetrics models appear to have a inconsistent marginal edge over the genetic program using the mean-squared-error (MSE) and R2 criteria, the genetic program consistently produces lower mean absolute forecast errors (MAE) at all horizons and for both currencies.}, size = {30 pages}, keywords = {algorithms, genetic programming } }