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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

+4%Matches the no-change baseline over 7 tests (7 tests, 5 won)

Direction

62%No clear edge over a coin flip (47 of 76 calls right in 7 tests)

Turning points

4 of 9Anticipated some turns (9 turns in 7 tests, 1 without a turn)

Error vs baseline

4% lowerError ratio 0.96; 1.00 is a tie.

Tests won

5 / 7Complete rolling backtests; ties count as no win.

Test period

2019-11-01 to 2026-10-0112 observations ahead per test.

80% band coverage

79%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.