I am analysing a time series (stock returns) and I am trying to check whether variance in the second half of my sample is different from the first half. I assigned a period to the observations. Here is an example (not the real data, but this is what it looks like):
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Period     X            Date
      1    .02784243     1/8/2010
      1    .01478848     1/15/2010
      1    -.04267111    1/22/2010
      2    -.011348      1/29/2010
      2    -.09616897    2/5/2010 
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robvar Polen, by(Periode)
Summary of X
Periode         Mean            Std. Dev.        Freq.
        
1               .0000922          .0367802        261
2               .00006544        .02613092        261
        
Total           .00007882        .03187241        522
W0  = 10.8059198   df(1, 520)     Pr > F    =    0.00108013
W50 =  9.6731110   df(1, 520)     Pr > F    =    0.0019724
W10 =  9.8870904   df(1, 520)     Pr > F    =    0.00175953 
I am wondering whether this is a valid method for time series? Anyone around here who can help me answer this question? If it isn't, is there another method (that is not too hard for a beginner?) Thanks in advance!!
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