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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Made on Sep 18, 2026
Price at call $941.83
6-month call Bull +6.7%
Target by Mar 2027 $1,005.00
Great value below $820.00
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 +6.7% to $1,005.00
Predicted High $1,005.00 at 6 months
Predicted Low $908.00 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.6%

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 1:17 pm
Bull GS trends higher to $1,005.00 (+6.7% from $941.83) by Mar 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisNear-term sentiment is negative with CEO warnings on trading/costs and a risk-off tape, so GS likely drifts lower first before value gravity toward the ~$1,018 composite fair value reasserts over months. High beta (1.90) amplifies both legs, and the earnings beat streak plus quality support a recovery back toward baseline by spring.
Invalidated ifA break below $820 on heavy volume, or GS pushing above $990 in the first month, would falsify the dip-then-recover shape.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $941.83 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Sep 18, 2026 — $941.83 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Oct 2, 2026 $874.53–$1,009.13 typical range · internal point $925.00 — ±7.1% 6/10 Risk-off tape and CEO warnings weigh near term
What actually happened: closed $896.67 on Oct 1, 2026 = -4.8% vs the call (predicted -1.8%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 3.0 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±7.1%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — beat it
1 month Oct 18, 2026 $844.31–$1,039.35 typical range · internal point $908.00 — ±10.4% 6/10 Sentiment overhang persists ahead of Q3 print speculation
2 months Nov 18, 2026 $915.00 — -2.8% 5/10 October earnings likely beats but guide cautious
3 months Dec 18, 2026 $945.00 — +0.3% 5/10 Year-end positioning and value buyers step in
4 months Jan 18, 2027 $975.00 — +3.5% 4/10 Value gravity toward fair value begins working
5 months Feb 18, 2027 $990.00 — +5.1% 4/10 Convergence to deterministic baseline endpoint
6 months Mar 18, 2027 $1,005.00 — +6.7% 4/10 Approach composite fair value as regime normalizes

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 $989.49 (+5.1%) — 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

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [critical] Cash flow quality is poor — reported earnings may not reflect reality
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$941.83
Composite fair value$1,018.84
Signal-adjusted fair value$1,092.20
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$1,018.84
Buy-below (value lens)$820.00
Value net score-12
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+28
Memo confidence7 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 31.0%  3m 35.9%  6m 34.1%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.3%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 2.26  3m 1.90  5m 1.82  
Trailing 6-month return18.1%

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 GS-20260802-000311-2335
ext-forensic-memo Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260917-164614-940c
ext-lens-quality Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260917-164614-940c
ext-lens-sentiment Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260917-164614-940c
ext-lens-value Sep 17, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260917-164614-940c
scenario-valuation Aug 27, 2026 21d behind GS-20260802-000311-2335
valuation-synthesis Sep 17, 2026 freshest GS-20260802-000311-2335

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 Bull $941.83 $1,005.00 +6.7% Mar 2027 viewing
Aug 2, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $1,018.38 $985.00 -3.3% Feb 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.