Switzerland Factory Orders

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

Model: Agentic Investor TSFM (foundation model)

Accuracy vs naive

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

Direction

52%No clear edge over a coin flip (16 of 31 calls right in 8 tests)

Turning points

2 of 9Anticipated some turns (9 turns in 8 tests, 1 without a turn)

Error vs baseline

8% higherError ratio 1.08; 1.00 is a tie.

Tests won

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

Test period

2010-06-01 to 2018-03-014 observations ahead per test.

80% band coverage

81%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 2026-11-15 against the cached history through 2018-03-01.
• This is an evaluation of the serving model; it does not establish a winner across four model classes.