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Snapshot from Oct 13, 2026. Predictions are paused, so this will not update until research restarts.
M&T Bank Corporation
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Made on Aug 26, 2026
Price at call $241.59
6-month call Neutral +0.4%
Target by Feb 2027 $242.50
Great value below $205.00
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 +0.4% to $242.50
Predicted High $243.50 at 4 months
Predicted Low $240.50 at 2 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -0.5%

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 26, 2026 1:11 pm
Neutral MTB trends range-bound to $242.50 (+0.4% from $241.59) by Feb 2027. other
ThesisMTB is a low-beta regional bank sitting essentially at fair value with no strong narrative pull in either direction. Expect a gently drifting path with a modest wobble around the mid-October earnings print, converging back toward fair value by month six.
Invalidated ifA miss or guide-down at Oct 15 earnings pushing shares below $225, or a regime flip to risk-off, would invalidate the drift-to-fair-value path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $241.59 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 26, 2026 — $241.59 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 9, 2026 $231.28–$251.90 typical range · internal point $242.20 — ±4.3% 7/10 Low-beta drift in risk-on regime, no catalyst
What actually happened: closed $238.44 on Sep 8, 2026 = -1.3% vs the call (predicted +0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.6 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P 0.0% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 26, 2026 $226.64–$256.54 typical range · internal point $243.10 — ±6.2% 6/10 Mild pre-earnings positioning, sentiment neutral
What actually happened: closed $221.19 on Sep 25, 2026 = -8.4% vs the call (predicted +0.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 9.1 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±6.2%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +0.9% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 26, 2026 $240.50 — -0.5% 4/10 Oct 15 earnings within window, digestion mixed
3 months Nov 26, 2026 $242.00 — +0.2% 5/10 Post-print stabilization near composite fair value
4 months Dec 26, 2026 $243.50 — +0.8% 5/10 Year-end drift, dividend appeal, quiet tape
5 months Jan 26, 2027 $242.80 — +0.5% 4/10 January regional bank sector rotation noise
6 months Feb 26, 2027 $242.50 — +0.4% 4/10 Anchoring to fair value composite near 240

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 $242.67 (+0.4%) — 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$241.59
Composite fair value$239.56
Signal-adjusted fair value$241.96
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$239.56
Buy-below (value lens)$205.00
Value net score-25
Value confidence8 / 10
Quality net score+16
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 18.0%  3m 21.4%  6m 21.8%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.51  3m 0.27  5m 0.44  
Trailing 6-month return10.0%

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 26, 2026 freshest MTB-20260826-013001-2f0a
ext-forensic-memo Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-MTB-20260826-034348-c59d
ext-lens-quality Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-MTB-20260826-034348-c59d
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-MTB-20260826-034348-c59d
ext-lens-value Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-MTB-20260826-034348-c59d
scenario-valuation Aug 26, 2026 freshest MTB-20260826-013001-2f0a
valuation-synthesis Aug 26, 2026 freshest MTB-20260826-013001-2f0a

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

Saved History

1 frozen snapshot — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $241.59 $242.50 +0.4% 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.