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Bank of Nova Scotia
Financial Services · Banks - Diversified
Made on Aug 8, 2026
Price at call $88.89
6-month call Neutral -3.5%
Target by Feb 2027 $85.80
Great value below $78.00
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 -3.5% to $85.80
Predicted High $88.60 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $85.50 at 5 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.8%

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 Aug 8, 2026 12:54 am
Neutral BNS trends range-bound to $85.80 (-3.5% from $88.89) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisBNS trades modestly above composite fair value ($83.25) after an 18% six-month run, with a neutral sentiment tape and no imminent catalyst. Expect mild mean reversion toward the mid-80s over the window as value gravity dominates a sleepy narrative, with only a shallow pullback rather than a break.
Invalidated ifA close above $95 on strong volume or below $80 would invalidate this 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 $88.89 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 8, 2026 $88.89 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 22, 2026 $85.64–$92.14 typical range · internal point $88.60 ±3.7% 6/10 Risk-on tape holds price near current in short term
What actually happened: closed $87.57 on Aug 21, 2026 = -1.5% vs the call (predicted -0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.2 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±3.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.1% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 8, 2026 $84.18–$93.60 typical range · internal point $88.00 ±5.3% 6/10 Mild fade as momentum cools without catalyst
2 months Oct 8, 2026 $87.20 -1.9% 5/10 Value gravity pulls toward signal-adjusted fair value
3 months Nov 8, 2026 $86.50 -2.7% 5/10 Earnings print likely in-line, minimal surprise
4 months Dec 8, 2026 $86.00 -3.2% 5/10 Convergence toward composite fair value continues
5 months Jan 8, 2027 $85.50 -3.8% 4/10 Rate/credit crosscurrents cap upside into year-end
6 months Feb 8, 2027 $85.80 -3.5% 4/10 Stabilizes near deserved value with dividend support

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 $86.62 (-2.5%) — 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 · 0 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • 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$88.89
Composite fair value$83.25
Signal-adjusted fair value$86.08
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value$83.25
Buy-below (value lens)$78.00
Value net score-35
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score-3
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 20.4%  3m 18.3%  6m 19.6%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.2%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.65  3m 0.51  5m 0.76  
Trailing 6-month return18.0%

Knobs (equation params)

ladderArray
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobsArray
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 8, 2026 freshest BNS-20260808-002009-2db3
ext-forensic-memo Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-BNS-20260808-004135-b7b5
ext-lens-quality Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-BNS-20260808-004135-b7b5
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-BNS-20260808-004135-b7b5
ext-lens-value Aug 8, 2026 freshest ext-BNS-20260808-004135-b7b5
valuation-synthesis Aug 8, 2026 freshest BNS-20260808-002009-2db3

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 8, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $88.89 $85.80 -3.5% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 7, 2026 v0.3.0 Bull $87.09 $113.80 +30.7% 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.