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MSCI Inc.
Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Made on Sep 18, 2026
Price at call $551.73
6-month call Bear -5.8%
Target by Mar 2027 $520.00
Great value below $415.00
Model v0.6.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

The masterbrain's trajectory (blue, curved through its 7 checkpoints), the deterministic v0.3 control (dashed), and the actual price (green) overlaid from the prediction date forward.
Forecast Change -5.8% to $520.00
Predicted High $548.00 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $520.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.8%

Forecast

The masterbrain trajectory — 7 dated checkpoints. Short rungs (2w, 1m) show the typical range as the primary claim; point calls run from 2 months out. Every claim still gets graded. Predicted Sep 18, 2026 1:12 pm
Bear MSCI trends lower to $520.00 (-5.8% from $551.73) by Mar 2027. decay
ThesisMSCI trades at a rich premium to composite fair value ($326) with sentiment turning negative in a neutral tape, but high quality and no near-term earnings catalyst limit the pace of derating. Expect modest drift lower over 6 months, roughly tracking the deterministic baseline with mild sentiment-driven weakness early and value gravity extending the fade.
Invalidated ifA sustained break above $580 on positive platform/index flow news, or a risk-on regime shift, would invalidate the drift-lower thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $551.73 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Sep 18, 2026 — $551.73 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Oct 2, 2026 $513.47–$589.99 typical range · internal point $548.00 — ±6.9% 6/10 Mild sentiment drag in neutral tape, no catalyst
What actually happened: closed $545.39 on Oct 1, 2026 = -1.2% vs the call (predicted -0.7%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 0.5 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±6.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — beat it
1 month Oct 18, 2026 $496.29–$607.17 typical range · internal point $544.00 — ±10.0% 6/10 Priced-for-perfection narrative weighs, no earnings support
2 months Nov 18, 2026 $538.00 — -2.5% 5/10 Continued derating as risk-off nascent tape persists
3 months Dec 18, 2026 $532.00 — -3.6% 5/10 Year-end positioning, valuation gravity increases
4 months Jan 18, 2027 $528.00 — -4.3% 4/10 January reset, quality floor limits downside
5 months Feb 18, 2027 $524.00 — -5.0% 4/10 Approach to Q4 print restrains buyers
6 months Mar 18, 2027 $520.00 — -5.8% 4/10 Value gravity toward $415 attractive zone, slow fade

Why ranges on the short rungs? A 102-prediction trial (2026-07-21) showed 2-week point calls carry no information here — three prompt formulations all lost to simply predicting zero — while the stock's own volatility scale (σ×√t) described those windows well. So the short rungs claim what's actually knowable: the typical travel, with earnings timing flagged where the variance will come from. The internal point calls keep being generated and graded to map where real skill begins. Full evidence: stocks/predictions/V0.5-DESIGN.md §8.

Deterministic control (v0.3 value line) targets $521.52 (-5.5%) — both lines get graded at every checkpoint, so the brain has to beat the formula, not just replace it. Brain: claude-opus-4-7.

Weaknesses

No weaknesses recorded for this run.

All inputs present, no fallbacks used — nothing to flag.

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.6.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$551.73
Composite fair value$325.68
Signal-adjusted fair value$328.03
DCF fair value$337.52
Anchored-PE fair value$542.28
Buy-below (value lens)$415.00
Value net score-65
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+85
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 21.4%  3m 34.8%  6m 30.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.2%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.24  3m -0.01  5m 0.09  
Trailing 6-month return-1.3%

Knobs (equation params)

ladder["w2","m1","m2","m3","m4","m5","m6"]
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobs{"w_dcf":0.5,"k_qual":0.200000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"reach_6m":0.450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"coh_floor":0.5,"conf_gain":0.059999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"noise_phi":0.84999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"conf_floor":0.40000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625,"w_composite":0.5,"noise_window":"3m","flat_band_pct":5,"horizon_months":6,"noise_sigma_fallback":0.01499999999999999944488848768742172978818416595458984375}
Neutral band (%)5
earnings_briefv1
prompt_versionp1
control_versionv0.3.0

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.6.0 #271041f8fcd5

Tech composition (what this version is built from)

#ProcessKindGroup
1 Synthesis valuation-synthesis deterministic final
2 Scenario Analysis scenario-valuation deterministic valuation
3 Valuation / Mispricing ext-lens-value llm extended
4 Company Quality ext-lens-quality llm extended
5 Forensic Memo (combiner) ext-forensic-memo llm extended
6 Classification company-classification llm foundation
7 Live Quote fmp-quote data market-data

Inputs used (the runs that fed this prediction)

Upstream processRanLagRun id
company-classification Sep 6, 2026 11d behind MSCI-20260728-000553-c61e
ext-forensic-memo Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-MSCI-20260917-163521-873e
ext-lens-quality Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-MSCI-20260917-163521-873e
ext-lens-sentiment Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-MSCI-20260917-163521-873e
ext-lens-value Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-MSCI-20260917-163521-873e
scenario-valuation Sep 17, 2026 freshest MSCI-20260728-000553-c61e
valuation-synthesis Sep 17, 2026 freshest MSCI-20260728-000553-c61e

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 18, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $551.73 $520.00 -5.8% Mar 2027 viewing
Jul 28, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $571.03 $525.00 -8.1% Jan 2027 view

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.6.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Scenario probabilities — one path, no bull/bear split (base_prob = 1.0).
  • Intraday / sub-2-week behaviour — the first claim is at 14 days by design (EOD product).
  • Position sizing / portfolio context — the path is a price claim only.