%0 Journal Article %T Forecasting the variance and return of Mexican financial series with symmetric GARCH models %A F¨¢tima Irina VILLALBA PADILLA %A Miguel FLORES-ORTEGA %J Theoretical and Applied Economics %D 2013 %I General Association of Economists from Romania %X The present research shows the application of the generalized autoregresive conditional heteroskedasticity models (GARCH) in order to forecast the variance and return of the IPC, the EMBI, the weighted-average government funding rate, the fix exchange rate and the Mexican oil reference, as important tools for investment decisions. Forecasts in-sample and out-of-sample are performed. The covered period involves from 2005 to 2011. %K volatility %K variance %K return %K financial variables %K investment decisions. %U http://store.ectap.ro/articole/841.pdf