A junior risk analyst is modeling the volatility of a certain market variable and is trying to decide between EWMA and GARCH(1,1) models. Which of the following statements about the two models is correct?( )
A.
The EWMA model is a special case of the GARCH(1,1) model with the additional assumption that the long run volatility is zero.
B.
A variance estimated from the GARCH(1,1) model is a weighted average of the prior day's estimated variance and the prior day's squared return.
C.
The GARCH(1,1) model assigns a higher weight to the prior day's estimated variance than the EWMA model.
D.
A variance estimated from the EWMA model is a weighted average of the prior day's estimated variance and the prior day's squared return.