Stochastic volatility (SV) models usually assume that the distribution of asset returns conditional on the latent volatility is normal. This article analyzes SV models with a mixture-of-normal distributions in order to compare with other heavy-tailed distributions such as the Student-t...

The paper develops the structure of parsimonious portfolio single index (PSI) multivariate conditional and stochastic constant correlation volatility models, and methods for estimating the underlying parameters. These multivariate estimates of volatility can be used for more accurate portfolio...