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The tests show no consistent, material advantage over the no-change baseline.

Model: Agentic Investor TSFM (foundation model)

Accuracy vs naive

-5%Matches the no-change baseline over 8 tests (8 tests, 3 won)

Direction

42%No clear edge over a coin flip (39 of 93 calls right in 8 tests)

Turning points

7 of 27Anticipated some turns (27 turns in 8 tests, 0 without a turn)

Error vs baseline

5% higherError ratio 1.05; 1.00 is a tie.

Tests won

3 / 8Complete rolling backtests; ties count as no win.

Test period

2018-11-01 to 2026-10-0112 observations ahead per test.

80% band coverage

78%Observed outcomes inside the band across all stored test windows.

• Band coverage uses all stored test windows, including model-selection windows when present; it does not determine the confidence label.
• Evaluated 2026-11-14 against the cached history through 2026-10-01.
• This is an evaluation of the serving model; it does not establish a winner across four model classes.