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Snapshot from Oct 13, 2026. Predictions are paused, so this will not update until research restarts.
Popular Inc
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Made on Jul 24, 2026
Price at call $170.88
6-month call Neutral +1.5%
Target by Jan 2027 $173.50
Great value below $150.00
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 +1.5% to $173.50
Predicted High $173.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $163.00 at 2 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -4.6%

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 Jul 24, 2026 9:01 am
Neutral BPOP trends range-bound to $173.50 (+1.5% from $170.88) by Jan 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisBPOP has run 33% over six months and now sits well above the value lens 'attractive below $150' line while the tape flipped risk-off. With no catalyst on the calendar and quality solid but sentiment flat, expect mild mean-reversion into late summer, then stabilization as the low-beta name reasserts and value buyers step in near $160.
Invalidated ifA decisive break above $180 on volume, or a break below $150 that holds, would falsify the mild-pullback-then-drift thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $170.88 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 24, 2026 — $170.88 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 7, 2026 $164.17–$177.59 typical range · internal point $168.50 — ±3.9% 6/10 Risk-off regime pressures recent winners modestly
What actually happened: closed $176.14 on Aug 6, 2026 = +3.1% vs the call (predicted -1.4%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 4.5 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±3.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P +4.0% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Aug 24, 2026 $161.16–$180.60 typical range · internal point $165.20 — ±5.7% 6/10 Continued drift lower absent catalysts, low beta cushions
What actually happened: closed $169.07 on Aug 21, 2026 = -1.1% vs the call (predicted -3.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.3 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±5.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P +3.5% over the same window — beat it
2 months Sep 24, 2026 $163.00 — -4.6% 5/10 Approaches value-lens zone, quality buyers emerging
What actually happened: closed $158.88 on Sep 23, 2026 = -7.0% vs the call (predicted -4.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 2.4 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  S&P +4.0% over the same window — beat it
3 months Oct 24, 2026 $166.50 — -2.6% 5/10 Q3 print potential, beat history supports stabilization
Matured — awaiting scoring. This checkpoint's date has passed; the next scorer run (score-outcomes.php) records what actually happened.
4 months Nov 24, 2026 $169.00 — -1.1% 4/10 Post-earnings drift, regime uncertainty balances quality
5 months Dec 24, 2026 $171.00 — +0.1% 4/10 Year-end positioning, defensive low-beta bid returns
6 months Jan 24, 2027 $173.50 — +1.5% 3/10 Gradual recovery as sentiment normalizes, quality reasserts

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 $0.00 (+0.0%) — 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

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 4 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    No usable fair-value anchor — brain-only (anchorless) mode: no v0.3 control line, prediction reasons from lenses/sentiment/regime/price behaviour.
    value_anchor
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: composite_fair_value.
    anchor:composite_fair_value
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: signal_adjusted.
    anchor:signal_adjusted

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$170.88
Composite fair value—
Signal-adjusted fair value—
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value—
Buy-below (value lens)—
Value net score+32
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+72
Memo confidence— / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 17.4%  3m 19.7%  6m 24.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.2%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.60  3m 0.32  5m 0.57  
Trailing 6-month return33.0%

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 #8eb3df85c300

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 Jun 7, 2026 45d behind BPOP-20260607-160857-47e5
ext-forensic-memo Jun 30, 2026 22d behind ext-BPOP-20260630-143107-0349
ext-lens-quality Jun 30, 2026 22d behind ext-BPOP-20260630-143107-0349
ext-lens-sentiment Jun 30, 2026 22d behind ext-BPOP-20260630-143107-0349
ext-lens-value Jun 30, 2026 22d behind ext-BPOP-20260630-143107-0349
scenario-valuation Jul 23, 2026 freshest BPOP-20260723-130522-30fd
valuation-synthesis Jul 23, 2026 freshest BPOP-20260723-130522-30fd

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

Saved History

4 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 18, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $160.84 $165.00 +2.6% Mar 2027 view
Aug 18, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $176.91 $188.00 +6.3% Feb 2027 view
Aug 1, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $175.21 $183.60 +4.8% Feb 2027 view
Jul 24, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $170.88 $173.50 +1.5% Jan 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.