“…Of note, they are increasingly used in several areas of forecasting such as portfolio optimization, water systems management, values at risk, irradiation effects, and stock price projections. Such applications are discussed in the following recent papers among others: Quintero et al [1], Kim et al [2], Sreekumar et al [3], Wang et al [4], Karmakar and Khadotra [5], Müller and Reuber [6], Sahamkhadam and Stephan [7], and Wang et al [8]. As well, a chapter of the monograph authored by Patton [9] is devoted to their use in connection with the forecasting of multiple time series.…”