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Arch Capital Group Ltd.
Financial Services · Insurance - Diversified
Made on Aug 18, 2026
Price at call $97.81
6-month call Bull +13.0%
Target by Feb 2027 $110.50
Great value below $88.00
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 +13.0% to $110.50
Predicted High $110.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $98.20 in 2 weeks

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 18, 2026 3:09 am
Bull ACGL trends higher to $110.50 (+13.0% from $97.81) by Feb 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisACGL screens deeply undervalued on composite fair value and DCF, but the market has ignored this low-beta specialty insurer for months with no near-term catalyst. Expect modest drift with slight upward bias as value gravity slowly asserts, but nowhere near the deterministic baseline's $184 in six months absent a catalyst.
Invalidated ifBreak below $88 support or failure to reclaim $100 within two months signals value trap dynamics dominating.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $97.81 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 18, 2026 — $97.81 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 1, 2026 $93.07–$102.55 typical range · internal point $98.20 — ±4.8% 7/10 Low-vol drift, no catalyst, risk-on tape ignores
What actually happened: closed $98.61 on Sep 1, 2026 = +0.8% vs the call (predicted +0.4%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 0.4 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.8%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.8% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 18, 2026 $90.94–$104.68 typical range · internal point $99.10 — ±7.0% 6/10 Slow mean reversion off oversold sentiment
What actually happened: closed $96.70 on Sep 17, 2026 = -1.1% vs the call (predicted +1.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.5 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±7.0%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.7% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 18, 2026 $101.50 — +3.8% 5/10 Q3 earnings likely beats streak continues
3 months Nov 18, 2026 $103.80 — +6.1% 5/10 Post-earnings modest rerating on book value
4 months Dec 18, 2026 $105.50 — +7.9% 4/10 Year-end value rotation into cheap insurers
5 months Jan 18, 2027 $108.00 — +10.4% 4/10 Valuation gap slowly narrows, analyst refresh
6 months Feb 18, 2027 $110.50 — +13.0% 3/10 Value gravity partially closes discount over time

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 $183.92 (+88.0%) — 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$97.81
Composite fair value$269.98
Signal-adjusted fair value$268.57
DCF fair value$326.56
Anchored-PE fair value$156.83
Buy-below (value lens)$88.00
Value net score-10
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+70
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 23.2%  3m 24.3%  6m 21.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.50  3m -0.67  5m -0.25  
Trailing 6-month return0.8%

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 Jul 30, 2026 17d behind ACGL-20260730-203044-ef69
ext-forensic-memo Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-ACGL-20260817-101753-0417
ext-lens-quality Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-ACGL-20260817-101753-0417
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-ACGL-20260817-101753-0417
ext-lens-value Aug 17, 2026 freshest ext-ACGL-20260817-101753-0417
scenario-valuation Aug 17, 2026 freshest ACGL-20260730-215444-59f1
valuation-synthesis Aug 17, 2026 freshest ACGL-20260730-215444-59f1

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
Aug 18, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $97.81 $110.50 +13.0% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $101.14 $112.00 +10.7% 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.