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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Made on Aug 2, 2026
Price at call $1,018.38
6-month call Neutral -3.3%
Target by Feb 2027 $985.00
Great value below $850.00
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 -3.3% to $985.00
Predicted High $1,022.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $985.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.3%

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 Aug 2, 2026 12:47 am
Neutral GS trends range-bound to $985.00 (-3.3% from $1,018.38) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisGS trades slightly above composite fair value with neutral sentiment and no near-term catalyst. Expect modest mean-reversion toward the $974-985 fair-value zone over the medium term, with high-beta chop but limited fade absent a regime shift.
Invalidated ifA sustained break above $1080 on rising volume, or a break below $940, 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 $1,018.38 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 2, 2026 — $1,018.38 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 16, 2026 $939.35–$1,097.41 typical range · internal point $1,022.50 — ±7.8% 6/10 Momentum carries near current levels, no catalyst
What actually happened: closed $1,039.42 on Aug 14, 2026 = +2.1% vs the call (predicted +0.4%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.7 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±7.8%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.7% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 2, 2026 $903.85–$1,132.91 typical range · internal point $1,015.00 — ±11.2% 6/10 Neutral tape, quiet drift near current price
What actually happened: closed $1,002.56 on Sep 1, 2026 = -1.6% vs the call (predicted -0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.2 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±11.2%: inside the band  ·  S&P +1.9% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 2, 2026 $1,005.00 — -1.3% 5/10 Gentle pull toward signal-adjusted fair value
What actually happened: closed $896.67 on Oct 1, 2026 = -12.0% vs the call (predicted -1.3%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 10.6 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  S&P +2.4% over the same window — beat it
3 months Nov 2, 2026 $995.00 — -2.3% 5/10 Q3 earnings window; value gravity increases
4 months Dec 2, 2026 $988.00 — -3.0% 4/10 Drift toward composite fair value near 974
5 months Jan 2, 2027 $992.00 — -2.6% 4/10 Year-end positioning stabilizes around fair value
6 months Feb 2, 2027 $985.00 — -3.3% 4/10 Settles near signal-adjusted anchor, high beta noise

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 $1,023.27 (+0.5%) — 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

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [warning] 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$1,018.38
Composite fair value$953.35
Signal-adjusted fair value$974.32
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$953.35
Buy-below (value lens)$850.00
Value net score-27
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+48
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 48.6%  3m 39.0%  6m 36.6%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 2.95  3m 1.92  5m 1.63  
Trailing 6-month return8.3%

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 Aug 2, 2026 freshest GS-20260802-000311-2335
ext-forensic-memo Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260802-002813-6646
ext-lens-quality Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260802-002813-6646
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260802-002813-6646
ext-lens-value Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-GS-20260802-002813-6646
scenario-valuation Aug 2, 2026 freshest GS-20260802-000311-2335
valuation-synthesis Aug 2, 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 view
Aug 2, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $1,018.38 $985.00 -3.3% Feb 2027 viewing

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.