Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: McAleer, M.J. Author-Name-Last: McAleer Author-Name-First: Michael Author-Person: pmc90 Title: Discussion of “Principal Volatility Component Analysis” by Yu-Pin Hu and Ruey Tsay Abstract: __Abstract__ This note discusses some aspects of the paper by Hu and Tsay (2014), “Principal Volatility Component Analysis”. The key issues are considered, and are also related to existing conditional covariance and correlation models. Some caveats are given about multivariate models of time-varying conditional covariance and correlation models. Creation-Date: 2014-02-01 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/50642/EI2014-06-1-.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureir Number: EI 2014-06 Classification-JEL: C32, C50, C5, F37, C55 Keywords: principal component analysis, principal volatility component analysis, vector time-varying conditional heteroskedasticity, BEKK, DCC, asymptotic properties Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:50642