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Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Financial Services · Asset Management
Made on Aug 26, 2026
Price at call $175.96
6-month call Bear -9.1%
Target by Feb 2027 $160.00
Great value below $145.00
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 -9.1% to $160.00
Predicted High $176.50 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $160.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -9.1%

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 1:16 pm
Bear RJF trends lower to $160.00 (-9.1% from $175.96) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisRJF trades well above composite fair value but quality is solid, sentiment is only mildly negative, and the tape is risk-on with low beta. Expect a mild grind lower as valuation gravity slowly asserts, but nothing like a full convergence to fair value in six months.
Invalidated ifA break above $185 on strong volume or a beat-and-raise catalyst would falsify; conversely a drop below $150 accelerates the thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $175.96 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 26, 2026 — $175.96 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 9, 2026 $168.06–$183.86 typical range · internal point $176.50 — ±4.5% 7/10 Risk-on regime, low beta, no near catalyst
What actually happened: closed $176.55 on Sep 8, 2026 = +0.3% vs the call (predicted +0.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 0.0 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±4.5%: inside the band  ·  S&P 0.0% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 26, 2026 $164.51–$187.41 typical range · internal point $174.00 — ±6.5% 6/10 Mild valuation drag begins, tape still supportive
What actually happened: closed $159.87 on Sep 25, 2026 = -9.1% vs the call (predicted -1.1%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 8.0 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±6.5%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +0.9% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 26, 2026 $171.00 — -2.8% 5/10 Earnings season chatter, stretched multiple weighs
3 months Nov 26, 2026 $168.00 — -4.5% 5/10 Value gravity accumulates, sentiment softens
4 months Dec 26, 2026 $165.00 — -6.2% 4/10 Year-end positioning trims extended winners
5 months Jan 26, 2027 $162.00 — -7.9% 4/10 January reallocation away from pricey financials
6 months Feb 26, 2027 $160.00 — -9.1% 4/10 Slow drift toward anchored-PE, quality cushions

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 $152.48 (-13.3%) — 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 · 0 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [critical] Cash flow quality is poor — reported earnings may not reflect reality
    upstream:valuation-synthesis

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$175.96
Composite fair value$61.27
Signal-adjusted fair value$58.35
DCF fair value$16.90
Anchored-PE fair value$150.00
Buy-below (value lens)$145.00
Value net score-57
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+61
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 18.3%  3m 22.5%  6m 24.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.61  3m 0.25  5m 0.55  
Trailing 6-month return11.1%

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 Aug 26, 2026 freshest RJF-20260826-043001-abb8
ext-forensic-memo Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-RJF-20260826-045154-b5e3
ext-lens-quality Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-RJF-20260826-045154-b5e3
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-RJF-20260826-045154-b5e3
ext-lens-value Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-RJF-20260826-045154-b5e3
valuation-synthesis Aug 26, 2026 freshest RJF-20260826-043001-abb8

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 Bear $175.96 $160.00 -9.1% 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.