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CB-2026-05-29-1W

Weekly test one week

One-week CapitalBench portfolio evaluation round scored Friday-to-Friday from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close.

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Start Date 2026-05-29
End Date 2026-06-05
Run ID official-20260529-1W
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# CapitalBench Task

You are participating in an offline, time-resolved CapitalBench evaluation round.

CapitalBench evaluates how state-of-the-art language models make one-shot market allocation decisions from the same frozen information set. Your response will be compared against other participating models after the one-week outcome window resolves.

The scoring timeline is central to the task. This is a one-week, Friday-to-Friday round:
- Research cutoff: 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z.
- Decision deadline: 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z.
- Entry price: adjusted close on Friday, May 29, 2026.
- Exit price: adjusted close on Friday, June 5, 2026.
- Results are calculated only after regular U.S. trading ends on June 5, 2026.

The portfolio is measured from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close. Optimize for facts, catalysts, positioning, liquidity, and risks that can plausibly affect prices before the June 5, 2026 exit close.

Optimize only for the portfolio you expect to perform best over this close-to-close one-week scoring window. Use longer-horizon facts only when they are likely to affect prices before the June 5, 2026 exit close.

Briefing-bias discipline: the briefing may group facts by broad asset area and include a mechanical return table. Treat inclusion, section order, grouping, row count, and trailing-return table order as context, not recommendation signals.

Your objective is to allocate 100% across the allowed options to maximize expected one-week realized portfolio return, measured from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close, relative to the S&P 500 benchmark. Use the briefing, option list, and any included market-data table as the common information set. The official leaderboard ranks each model by realized weighted portfolio return relative to the S&P 500 benchmark. Multi-shot stability analysis, if run, is reported separately and does not change the official one-shot leaderboard.

Your portfolio is scored by the weighted realized percentage return over the one-week round window. Alpha is portfolio return minus S&P 500 return. Returns are calculated from adjusted close prices when available.

You may use your internal learned knowledge and general market priors. Do not browse, use tools, request updated market data, use external retrieval, or intentionally rely on facts, market prices, news, or events dated after the research cutoff. If your internal knowledge conflicts with the briefing, prioritize the briefing.

You must allocate exactly 100% across allowed options. Use only the holding count, allocation increment, minimum allocation, and cash or benchmark constraints stated in the round metadata. Do not short, use leverage, or choose an option outside the allowed option list.

Return only valid JSON. Do not include markdown, prose, citations, or commentary outside the JSON.

Required JSON format:

{
  "round_id": "<round_id>",
  "model_id": "<model_id>",
  "provider": "<provider>",
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "option_id": "<one allowed option ID>",
      "allocation_pct": <integer percentage>,
      "rationale": "<brief holding-level rationale>"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": <number from 0 to 1>,
  "portfolio_rationale": "<1-3 sentence allocation rationale>",
  "rationale_summary": "<1-3 sentence rationale>",
  "key_risks": [
    "<risk 1>",
    "<risk 2>"
  ]
}

Rules:
- portfolio must contain only IDs from the allowed option list.
- allocation_pct values must be integers in the stated allocation increment.
- allocation_pct values must sum to exactly 100.
- confidence must be between 0 and 1.
- confidence should reflect your confidence that this is the best portfolio decision under the round constraints.
- portfolio_rationale and rationale_summary are required and should be concise.
- key_risks must be a list of 2-5 concrete risks that could cause the portfolio to underperform; do not only list generic market risk.
- Do not provide a ranked list, backup portfolio, second-best portfolio, or alternative recommendation.
- Do not include financial-advice disclaimers. This is a benchmark response, not advice to a person.
- The JSON object must contain no extra fields.

## Round Metadata

- Round ID: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- Decision date: 2026-05-29
- Research cutoff UTC: 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z
- Decision deadline UTC: 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Horizon: one week
- Entry date: 2026-05-29
- Exit date: 2026-06-05
- Scoring window: 2026-05-29 to 2026-06-05; optimize for this one week window only.
- Close-to-close scoring: the entry price is the adjusted close on the entry date, and the exit price is the adjusted close on the exit date after regular trading ends.
- Timeline focus: prioritize facts, catalysts, and risks that can plausibly affect prices before the exit close.
- Input-bias control: treat fact inclusion, section order, grouping, and trailing-return table order as context, not recommendations; do not infer expected return from mention count or placement.
- Entry rule: Use adjusted close on Friday, May 29, 2026 for each option; CASH return is 0 unless explicitly priced.
- Exit rule: Use adjusted close on Friday, June 5, 2026 for each selected option; CASH return is 0 unless explicitly priced.
- Submission format: portfolio
- Scoring benchmark: S&P 500 / SPY
- Return calculation: adjusted close prices are used when available.
- Portfolio holdings allowed: 1-5
- Portfolio allocation increment: 5%
- Portfolio minimum allocation: 5%
- Portfolio total allocation: 100%

## Briefing

# CapitalBench Briefing

## 1. Neutrality And Bias-Control Statement

This briefing provides factual market context only. It does not rank or recommend any CapitalBench option. Some facts are grouped by broad asset area for readability; inclusion, order, and grouping are not evidence of expected return.

## 2. Research And Evaluation Setup

| field | value |
| --- | --- |
| research cutoff | 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z |
| decision deadline | 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z |
| evaluation horizon | one week |
| model access rule | no tool use and no web access |
| shared-input rule | competing models receive the same frozen factual briefing, fixed ETF option universe, and mechanical return table |

## 3. Macro, Rates, Credit, Liquidity, And Volatility

### Core Macro Table

| data_area | measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | period_covered | release_or_observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items | 0.6% | 0.9% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items | 3.8% | 3.3% for the 12 months ending March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items less food and energy | 0.4% | 0.2% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items less food and energy | 2.8% | 2.6% for the 12 months ending March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | PCE price index | 0.4% | 0.7% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index | 3.8% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 from same month one year ago | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index excluding food and energy | 0.2% | 0.3% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index excluding food and energy | 3.3% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 from same month one year ago | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | Producer Price Index for final demand | 1.4% | 0.7% in March 2026 and 0.6% in February 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 13, 2026 | BLS Producer Price Index |
| inflation | Producer Price Index for final demand | 6.0% | 4.3% in March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 13, 2026 | BLS Producer Price Index |
| labor | unemployment rate | 4.3% | unchanged at 4.3% | prior value | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | nonfarm payroll employment | +115,000 jobs | March 2026 revised to +185,000 jobs | prior value | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls | $37.41 | +0.2% over the month and +3.6% over the year | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims | 215,000 | increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level | week-over-week change | week ending May 23, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | U.S. Department of Labor UI Claims |
| growth | real GDP | +1.6% annual rate | revised down 0.4 percentage point from the advance estimate; Q4 2025 was +0.5% | revision and prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | May 28, 2026 | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| growth | retail and food services sales | $757.1 billion | up 0.5% from previous month and up 4.9% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 14, 2026 | U.S. Census Monthly Retail Trade |
| growth | current-dollar personal consumption expenditures | +$111.1 billion; +0.5% | 1.0% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| growth | industrial production | 102.5 index; +0.7% | -0.3% in March 2026; 1.4% above April 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 15, 2026 | Federal Reserve G.17 |
| business surveys | ISM Manufacturing PMI | 52.7 | same reading as March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 1, 2026 | ISM Manufacturing PMI |
| business surveys | ISM Services PMI | 53.6 | 54.0 in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 5, 2026 | ISM Services PMI |
| consumer | University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment | 44.8 | 49.8 in April 2026 and 52.2 in May 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | May 2026 final | May 22, 2026 | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers |
| consumer | Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index | 93.1 | down 0.7 points from upwardly revised 93.8 in April 2026 | prior value | May 2026 | May 26, 2026 | The Conference Board Consumer Confidence |
| housing | housing starts | 1,465,000 SAAR | down 2.8% from revised March 2026 and up 4.6% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| housing | building permits | 1,442,000 SAAR | up 5.8% from revised March 2026 and down 0.2% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| housing | existing-home sales | 4.02 million sales | increased by 0.2% in April 2026 | month-over-month change | April 2026 | May 2026 | National Association of Realtors Existing-Home Sales |

### Rates, Fed, Credit, Liquidity, And Volatility

| data_area | measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | period_covered | release_or_observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Federal Reserve policy | federal funds target range | 3.50% to 3.75% | not source-reported | not source-reported | current target range | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| Federal Reserve policy | latest FOMC decision | maintain target range at 3.50% to 3.75% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 FOMC meeting | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| Federal Reserve policy | effective federal funds rate | 3.62% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DFF |
| Treasury yields | 3-month Treasury constant maturity rate | 3.69% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS3MO |
| Treasury yields | 2-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 3.99% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS2 |
| Treasury yields | 10-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 4.45% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS10 |
| Treasury yields | 30-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 4.98% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS30 |
| real rates | 10-year Treasury inflation-indexed security constant maturity rate | 2.06% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DFII10 |
| inflation expectations | 10-year breakeven inflation rate | 2.39% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED T10YIE |
| Treasury spreads | 10-year Treasury minus 2-year Treasury constant maturity spread | 0.46 percentage point | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED T10Y2Y |
| currency | U.S. Dollar Index futures | 98.890 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq DX.F Quote |
| volatility | CBOE Volatility Index | 15.74 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED VIXCLS |
| credit spreads | ICE BofA US Corporate Index option-adjusted spread | 0.73% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLC0A0CM |
| credit spreads | ICE BofA US High Yield Index option-adjusted spread | 2.72% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 |
| financial conditions | Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index | -0.510 | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | FRED NFCI |
| liquidity | total money market fund assets | $7.77 trillion | increased by $16.88 billion | week-over-week change | week ending May 20, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Investment Company Institute Money Market Fund Assets |
| liquidity | Federal Reserve total assets | $6.704383 trillion | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | FRED WALCL |
| liquidity | Treasury General Account balance | $830.296 billion | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | FRED WTREGEN |
| housing rates | 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average | 6.53% | 6.51% previous week | prior value | week ending May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED MORTGAGE30US |

### Commodity And Currency State

| measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI crude futures | $87.76 per barrel | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:59:57 source time | Stooq CL.F Quote |
| Brent crude spot | $102.75 per barrel | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 26, 2026 | FRED DCOILBRENTEU |
| natural gas futures | $3.290 per MMBtu | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 23:38:24 source time | Stooq NG.F Quote |
| gold futures | $4,569.90 per t oz | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:59:58 source time | Stooq GC.F Quote |
| silver futures | 7,556.7 USd per t oz | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq SI.F Quote |
| high grade copper futures | 639.63 USd per lb | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq HG.F Quote |
| U.S. Dollar Index futures | 98.890 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq DX.F Quote |
| euro / U.S. dollar | 1.16646 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:00:20 source time | Stooq EURUSD Quote |
| U.S. dollar / Japanese yen | 159.2635 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:00:28 source time | Stooq USDJPY Quote |

## 4. Scheduled Calendar Inside The Scoring Window

| date | event | publisher_or_entity | release_type_or_asset_area | consensus_or_forecast_if_source_reported | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 1, 2026 10:00 AM ET | ISM Manufacturing PMI, May 2026 | Institute for Supply Management | business survey release | not source-reported | ISM Report Calendar |
| June 3, 2026 10:00 AM ET | ISM Services PMI, May 2026 | Institute for Supply Management | business survey release | not source-reported | ISM Report Calendar |
| June 5, 2026 8:30 AM ET | Employment Situation, May 2026 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | labor market release | not source-reported | BLS Employment Situation |

## 5. Balanced Asset-Area Context

| asset_area | covered_area | fact_type | balance_role | factual_statement | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | date_or_period | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cash and short-duration Treasuries | federal funds and short bills | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The FOMC maintained the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| bonds and rates | Treasury curve | observed_value | current_condition | The 3-month, 2-year, 10-year, and 30-year Treasury constant maturity rates were 3.69%, 3.99%, 4.45%, and 4.98%, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | FRED Treasury Rates |
| credit | corporate credit | observed_value | current_condition | The ICE BofA US Corporate Index option-adjusted spread was 0.73%, and the ICE BofA US High Yield Index option-adjusted spread was 2.72%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLC0A0CM and BAMLH0A0HYM2 |
| broad US equities | corporate profits | observed_value | current_condition | Profits from current production increased $40.4 billion in Q1 2026. | $246.9 billion increase in Q4 2025 | prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| broad US equities | real GDP | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | Real GDP increased at a 1.6% annual rate in Q1 2026. | revised down 0.4 percentage point from the advance estimate; Q4 2025 was +0.5% | revision and prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| financials and regional banks | banking industry | observed_value | current_condition | FDIC-insured institutions reported a 1.26% return on assets ratio and $80.5 billion of aggregate net income. | net income increased $2.8 billion, or 3.6%, from the prior quarter | prior value | Q1 2026 | FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile |
| consumer sectors | consumer spending | observed_value | current_condition | Current-dollar personal consumption expenditures increased $111.1 billion, or 0.5%. | 1.0% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| consumer sectors | consumer sentiment | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment was 44.8. | 49.8 in April 2026 and 52.2 in May 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | May 2026 final | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers |
| real estate | housing construction | observed_value | current_condition | Housing starts were 1,465,000 SAAR, and building permits were 1,442,000 SAAR. | starts down 2.8%; permits up 5.8% from March 2026 | month-over-month change | April 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| real estate | mortgage reference rates | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average was 6.53%. | 6.51% previous week | prior value | week ending May 28, 2026 | FRED MORTGAGE30US |
| software | software prices | observed_value | current_condition | The PCE Computer Software and Accessories category increased 13.9% year over year and roughly 73.1% annualized from November 2025 through March 2026. | average annualized rate of -5.3% over the prior 25 years | prior value | November 2025 through March 2026 | Federal Reserve FEDS Notes |
| semiconductors | global chip sales | observed_value | current_condition | Global semiconductor sales were $298.5 billion during Q1 2026. | up 25% compared to Q4 2025 | prior value | Q1 2026 | Semiconductor Industry Association |
| energy and oil | crude oil outlook | labeled_forecast_or_estimate | current_condition | EIA forecast global oil inventories would decrease by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026. | last month's STEO forecast a 0.3 million barrel per day decrease | prior value | May 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook | EIA STEO |
| energy and oil | OPEC supply policy | policy_or_regulatory_fact | counterbalancing_fact | Seven OPEC+ countries decided to implement a production adjustment of 188 thousand barrels per day from previous voluntary adjustments. | not source-reported | not source-reported | decision on May 3, 2026; adjustment for June 2026 | OPEC |
| currencies | U.S. dollar, euro, and yen | observed_value | current_condition | U.S. Dollar Index futures, EUR/USD, and USD/JPY were quoted at 98.890, 1.16646, and 159.2635, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 | Stooq Currency Quotes |
| crypto proxies | bitcoin and ethereum | observed_value | current_condition | Bitcoin and ethereum were quoted at 73,346.17 and 2,008.484, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 30, 2026 source time | Stooq Crypto Quotes |
| Europe equities | euro area policy | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The ECB held the deposit facility, main refinancing operations, and marginal lending facility rates at 2.00%, 2.15%, and 2.40%, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 30, 2026 | European Central Bank |
| Japan equities | Japan policy rate | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The Bank of Japan encouraged the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.75%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 28, 2026 | Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Statement |
| China equities | credit policy and manufacturing survey | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | China's one-year Loan Prime Rate was 3.0%, and its five-year Loan Prime Rate was 3.5%; China's official manufacturing PMI was 50.3 in April 2026. | manufacturing PMI down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month | month-over-month change | May 2026 LPR; April 2026 PMI | Trading Economics China Interest Rate; National Bureau of Statistics of China PMI |
| India equities | inflation and monetary policy | observed_value | current_condition | India's April 2026 CPI inflation was 3.48%, and the Reserve Bank of India policy repo rate was 5.25%. | CPI was 3.40% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 CPI; April 2026 monetary policy | Press Information Bureau India CPI; Reserve Bank of India Current Rates |

## 6. Factual Tension Ledger

| area_or_asset_area | source_reported_fact_1 | source_reported_fact_2 | unresolved_question | source_or_sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| labor and inflation | unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3% in April 2026 | CPI-U all items rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending April 2026 | May 2026 Employment Situation release on June 5, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation; BLS CPI News Release |

## 7. Source-Reported Uncertainties And Missing Major Data

### Source-Reported Uncertainties

| uncertainty | source-reported wording or concise factual paraphrase | source date if provided | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| labor release outcome | The May 2026 Employment Situation was scheduled but not included as released data in the input reports. | May 2026 source reports | source_reported_uncertainty |
| business survey outcomes | May 2026 ISM Manufacturing PMI and ISM Services PMI releases were scheduled but not included as released data in the input reports. | May 2026 source reports | source_reported_uncertainty |

### Missing Major Data

| data_area | missing_item | note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| labor | May 2026 Employment Situation | not provided in source reports |
| business surveys | May 2026 ISM Manufacturing PMI and ISM Services PMI | not provided in source reports |

## 8. Full-Universe Trailing Returns

| option_id | symbol | option_group | as_of_price_date | return_7d | return_30d | return_6m | return_1y | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CASH |  | cash | 2026-05-29 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | cash |
| SHORT_TREASURY | BIL | cash_and_short_duration | 2026-05-29 | 0.08% | 0.33% | 1.81% | 3.92% | pass |
| SP500 | SPY | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.45% | 6.31% | 11.33% | 29.68% | pass |
| TOTAL_US_MARKET | VTI | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.57% | 6.38% | 11.44% | 29.93% | pass |
| NASDAQ100 | QQQ | us_growth_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 2.89% | 11.60% | 19.53% | 42.68% | pass |
| LARGE_GROWTH | IWF | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 2.28% | 7.62% | 7.54% | 28.41% | pass |
| LARGE_VALUE | IWD | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 0.69% | 4.80% | 14.31% | 28.47% | pass |
| MID_CAP | IJH | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.50% | 4.23% | 13.27% | 25.43% | pass |
| SMALL_CAP | IWM | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.74% | 17.36% | 42.42% | pass |
| SMALL_VALUE | IWN | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.21% | 4.77% | 18.37% | 43.44% | pass |
| DIVIDEND | SCHD | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.01% | 3.34% | 19.99% | 28.88% | pass |
| LOW_VOL | SPLV | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -2.54% | -2.07% | -0.22% | 0.95% | pass |
| MOMENTUM | MTUM | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | 4.02% | 13.72% | 26.65% | 38.22% | pass |
| TECHNOLOGY | XLK | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 5.89% | 20.06% | 33.84% | 65.87% | pass |
| COMMUNICATIONS | XLC | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.20% | 0.35% | 0.90% | 15.98% | pass |
| CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY | XLY | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.42% | 3.45% | 2.63% | 13.33% | pass |
| CONSUMER_STAPLES | XLP | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.23% | -0.01% | 5.89% | 3.77% | pass |
| HEALTHCARE | XLV | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.28% | 4.64% | -4.40% | 14.94% | pass |
| FINANCIALS | XLF | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.69% | -0.65% | -2.45% | 2.99% | pass |
| INDUSTRIALS | XLI | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.79% | 1.88% | 13.34% | 22.92% | pass |
| ENERGY | XLE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -5.38% | -4.64% | 26.33% | 41.26% | pass |
| MATERIALS | XLB | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.71% | 0.37% | 15.52% | 20.80% | pass |
| UTILITIES | XLU | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.05% | -2.76% | -0.56% | 12.65% | pass |
| REAL_ESTATE | XLRE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -1.28% | 0.80% | 7.43% | 9.16% | pass |
| INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY | IEF | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.82% | 0.17% | -1.06% | 4.29% | pass |
| LONG_TREASURY | TLT | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 1.28% | 0.44% | -2.78% | 4.08% | pass |
| TIPS | TIP | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.34% | 1.07% | 5.01% | pass |
| INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT | LQD | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.91% | 0.97% | 0.02% | 6.45% | pass |
| HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT | HYG | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.50% | 0.75% | 2.10% | 7.08% | pass |
| AGGREGATE_BONDS | AGG | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.63% | 0.43% | 0.21% | 5.29% | pass |
| DEVELOPED_EX_US | VEA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.99% | 18.74% | 33.39% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKETS | VWO | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.53% | 3.10% | 12.42% | 29.42% | pass |
| EUROPE | VGK | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.62% | 4.55% | 10.73% | 19.76% | pass |
| JAPAN | EWJ | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.47% | 7.08% | 16.23% | 31.38% | pass |
| CHINA | MCHI | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.79% | -3.04% | -10.32% | 4.57% | pass |
| INDIA | INDA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | -0.96% | -11.24% | -11.05% | pass |
| GOLD | IAU | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 0.80% | -0.07% | 7.66% | 36.70% | pass |
| BROAD_COMMODITIES | PDBC | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -3.19% | -4.76% | 33.06% | 44.74% | pass |
| SEMICONDUCTORS | SMH | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 3.92% | 19.89% | 70.54% | 146.14% | pass |
| SOFTWARE | IGV | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 8.14% | 20.31% | -2.33% | -0.67% | pass |
| BROAD_AI_TECH | AIQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 7.18% | 22.31% | 34.38% | 66.76% | pass |
| AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS | ARKQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 4.86% | 15.91% | 30.27% | 78.45% | pass |
| CYBERSECURITY | CIBR | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 5.65% | 31.19% | 21.45% | 26.08% | pass |
| SOLAR | TAN | clean_energy | 2026-05-29 | 12.10% | 31.74% | 51.16% | 131.54% | pass |
| METALS_MINING | XME | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 6.95% | 9.25% | 29.20% | 108.43% | pass |
| EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500 | RSP | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.09% | 4.20% | 9.93% | 20.29% | pass |
| BIOTECH | XBI | healthcare_and_biotech | 2026-05-29 | 3.82% | 6.04% | 11.34% | 70.50% | pass |
| REGIONAL_BANKS | KRE | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | 0.84% | 11.83% | 24.56% | pass |
| AEROSPACE_DEFENSE | ITA | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 4.47% | 10.46% | 14.87% | 34.25% | pass |
| CANADA | EWC | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.51% | 3.21% | 12.59% | 33.39% | pass |
| UNITED_KINGDOM | EWU | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.34% | 2.04% | 10.87% | 22.69% | pass |
| AUSTRALIA | EWA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.63% | 2.20% | 15.10% | 17.81% | pass |
| SOUTH_KOREA | EWY | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 13.07% | 33.69% | 131.66% | 240.64% | pass |
| TAIWAN | EWT | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 6.13% | 17.88% | 66.67% | 103.36% | pass |
| BRAZIL | EWZ | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.26% | -7.09% | 10.68% | 36.74% | pass |
| MEXICO | EWW | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.86% | 4.02% | 16.86% | 32.95% | pass |
| SOUTH_AFRICA | EZA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 3.12% | 4.41% | 9.72% | 39.66% | pass |
| MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS | MBB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.55% | 1.09% | 7.00% | pass |
| MUNICIPAL_BONDS | MUB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.94% | 0.39% | 1.37% | 6.41% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS | EMB | credit | 2026-05-29 | 1.32% | 1.41% | 2.26% | 12.02% | pass |
| INTERNATIONAL_BONDS | BNDX | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 1.22% | 0.40% | 2.27% | pass |
| SILVER | SLV | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.04% | 5.38% | 33.43% | 125.51% | pass |
| COPPER | CPER | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.15% | 8.03% | 20.38% | 33.26% | pass |
| AGRICULTURE | DBA | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -1.12% | -3.06% | 6.84% | 6.24% | pass |
| OIL | USO | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -8.39% | -14.30% | 81.64% | 92.13% | pass |
| US_DOLLAR | UUP | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.40% | 0.18% | 1.41% | 4.18% | pass |
| EURO | FXE | currencies | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 0.02% | 0.93% | 3.39% | pass |
| YEN | FXY | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.14% | 0.63% | -2.21% | -9.83% | pass |
| BITCOIN_ETF | IBIT | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -3.10% | -2.62% | -19.24% | -30.61% | pass |
| ETHEREUM_ETF | ETHA | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -2.38% | -9.79% | -33.77% | -24.34% | pass |

## 9. Coverage And Bias Audit

| asset_area | final_rows_in_briefing | current_condition_rows | counterbalancing_or_uncertainty_rows | scheduled_event_rows | note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cash and short-duration Treasuries | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| bonds and rates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| credit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| broad US equities | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| financials and regional banks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| consumer sectors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | rows trimmed to maintain balance or fit horizon |
| real estate | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| software | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| semiconductors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| energy and oil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| currencies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| crypto proxies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| Europe equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| Japan equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| China equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| India equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |

## 10. Final Neutrality Statement

This briefing provides factual market context only. It does not rank or recommend any CapitalBench option. Some facts are grouped by broad asset area for readability; inclusion, order, and grouping are not evidence of expected return.

## Options

Allowed option:
ID: CASH
Name: Cash / Do Not Invest
Symbol: N/A
Asset class: cash
Category: cash
Group: cash
Risk bucket: cash
Description: Cash position with no market exposure. Return is treated as 0 unless a round explicitly defines a cash yield proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: SHORT_TREASURY
Name: Short-Term Treasury Bills
Symbol: BIL
Asset class: cash_like
Category: treasury_bills
Group: cash_and_short_duration
Risk bucket: low
Description: Short-term US Treasury bill exposure. Typically used as a cash-like proxy with low duration risk.

Allowed option:
ID: SP500
Name: S&P 500
Symbol: SPY
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad US large-cap equity exposure. Represents large publicly traded US companies across multiple sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: TOTAL_US_MARKET
Name: Total US Stock Market
Symbol: VTI
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad exposure to the total US equity market, including large-, mid-, and small-cap companies. Useful as a diversified US equity proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: NASDAQ100
Name: Nasdaq 100
Symbol: QQQ
Asset class: equity
Category: growth_equity
Group: us_growth_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Large-cap, growth-oriented US equity exposure with heavy weights in technology and communication services. Sensitive to mega-cap earnings, rates, and growth-stock sentiment.

Allowed option:
ID: LARGE_GROWTH
Name: US Large-Cap Growth
Symbol: IWF
Asset class: equity
Category: style_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US large-cap growth stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with higher expected growth, higher valuations, and greater sensitivity to interest rates.

Allowed option:
ID: LARGE_VALUE
Name: US Large-Cap Value
Symbol: IWD
Asset class: equity
Category: style_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US large-cap value stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with lower valuation multiples, dividends, financials, energy, and cyclical sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: MID_CAP
Name: US Mid-Cap Stocks
Symbol: IJH
Asset class: equity
Category: size_factor
Group: us_size_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US mid-cap equity exposure. Represents companies between large caps and small caps, with sensitivity to domestic growth, financing conditions, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: SMALL_CAP
Name: US Small-Cap Stocks
Symbol: IWM
Asset class: equity
Category: size_factor
Group: us_size_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US small-cap equity exposure. Often more sensitive to domestic economic growth, credit conditions, rates, and market risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: SMALL_VALUE
Name: US Small-Cap Value
Symbol: IWN
Asset class: equity
Category: style_and_size_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US small-cap value equity exposure. Combines smaller company exposure with value-oriented characteristics.

Allowed option:
ID: DIVIDEND
Name: US Dividend Equities
Symbol: SCHD
Asset class: equity
Category: dividend_equity
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US dividend-oriented equity exposure. Often tilted toward profitable, mature companies with dividend histories.

Allowed option:
ID: LOW_VOL
Name: US Low Volatility Equities
Symbol: SPLV
Asset class: equity
Category: low_volatility_factor
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US equity exposure focused on historically lower-volatility stocks. Often used as a defensive equity factor proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: MOMENTUM
Name: US Momentum Equities
Symbol: MTUM
Asset class: equity
Category: momentum_factor
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: US equity exposure tilted toward stocks with stronger recent price momentum. Sensitive to trend persistence and factor rotations.

Allowed option:
ID: TECHNOLOGY
Name: Technology Sector
Symbol: XLK
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US technology sector exposure within large-cap equities. Includes software, hardware, semiconductors, and technology services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: COMMUNICATIONS
Name: Communication Services Sector
Symbol: XLC
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US communication services sector exposure. Includes large internet platforms, media, telecom, and entertainment companies.

Allowed option:
ID: CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY
Name: Consumer Discretionary Sector
Symbol: XLY
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US consumer discretionary sector exposure. Sensitive to consumer spending, employment, credit conditions, and household confidence.

Allowed option:
ID: CONSUMER_STAPLES
Name: Consumer Staples Sector
Symbol: XLP
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US consumer staples sector exposure. Includes companies selling essential consumer products and is often considered a defensive equity sector.

Allowed option:
ID: HEALTHCARE
Name: Healthcare Sector
Symbol: XLV
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US healthcare sector exposure. Includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare services, and insurers.

Allowed option:
ID: FINANCIALS
Name: Financials Sector
Symbol: XLF
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US financial sector exposure. Includes banks, insurers, capital markets firms, and financial services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: INDUSTRIALS
Name: Industrials Sector
Symbol: XLI
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US industrial sector exposure. Includes aerospace, machinery, transportation, logistics, and industrial services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: ENERGY
Name: Energy Sector
Symbol: XLE
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US energy sector exposure. Sensitive to oil and gas prices, production trends, geopolitics, and capital discipline.

Allowed option:
ID: MATERIALS
Name: Materials Sector
Symbol: XLB
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US materials sector exposure. Includes chemicals, metals, mining, packaging, and construction materials companies.

Allowed option:
ID: UTILITIES
Name: Utilities Sector
Symbol: XLU
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US utilities sector exposure. Often sensitive to interest rates, electricity demand, regulation, and defensive equity flows.

Allowed option:
ID: REAL_ESTATE
Name: Real Estate Sector
Symbol: XLRE
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US listed real estate equity exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, property fundamentals, credit conditions, and real estate valuations.

Allowed option:
ID: INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY
Name: Intermediate-Term US Treasury Bonds
Symbol: IEF
Asset class: bond
Category: treasury_duration
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Intermediate-duration US Treasury bond exposure. Sensitive to changes in interest rates, inflation expectations, and growth expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: LONG_TREASURY
Name: Long-Term US Treasury Bonds
Symbol: TLT
Asset class: bond
Category: treasury_duration
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: high
Description: Long-duration US Treasury bond exposure. More sensitive to interest-rate changes than shorter-duration bond funds.

Allowed option:
ID: TIPS
Name: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Symbol: TIP
Asset class: bond
Category: inflation_linked_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US Treasury inflation-protected bond exposure. Sensitive to real interest rates and inflation expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT
Name: Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
Symbol: LQD
Asset class: bond
Category: corporate_credit
Group: credit
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US investment-grade corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, credit spreads, and corporate balance-sheet conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT
Name: High Yield Corporate Bonds
Symbol: HYG
Asset class: bond
Category: corporate_credit
Group: credit
Risk bucket: high
Description: US high-yield corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to credit spreads, default expectations, liquidity, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: AGGREGATE_BONDS
Name: US Aggregate Bond Market
Symbol: AGG
Asset class: bond
Category: aggregate_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad US investment-grade bond market exposure. Includes Treasuries, agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate bonds.

Allowed option:
ID: DEVELOPED_EX_US
Name: Developed Markets ex-US
Symbol: VEA
Asset class: equity
Category: international_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Developed-market equity exposure outside the United States. Includes regions such as Europe, Japan, Canada, and developed Asia-Pacific markets.

Allowed option:
ID: EMERGING_MARKETS
Name: Emerging Markets
Symbol: VWO
Asset class: equity
Category: international_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Emerging-market equity exposure. Sensitive to global growth, currency moves, capital flows, commodity cycles, and country-specific policy risk.

Allowed option:
ID: EUROPE
Name: Europe Equities
Symbol: VGK
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: European equity exposure. Sensitive to European growth, monetary policy, currency trends, energy costs, and regional earnings.

Allowed option:
ID: JAPAN
Name: Japan Equities
Symbol: EWJ
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Japanese equity exposure. Sensitive to Japanese corporate earnings, yen movements, monetary policy, and global trade conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: CHINA
Name: China Equities
Symbol: MCHI
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: China equity exposure through publicly traded Chinese companies. Sensitive to Chinese growth, policy actions, currency moves, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: INDIA
Name: India Equities
Symbol: INDA
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Indian equity exposure. Sensitive to Indian economic growth, currency moves, domestic policy, valuations, and foreign capital flows.

Allowed option:
ID: GOLD
Name: Gold
Symbol: IAU
Asset class: commodity
Category: precious_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Gold exposure through a listed gold trust. Sensitive to real interest rates, US dollar strength, inflation expectations, and safe-haven demand.

Allowed option:
ID: BROAD_COMMODITIES
Name: Broad Commodities
Symbol: PDBC
Asset class: commodity
Category: broad_commodities
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Broad commodity exposure through a diversified commodity strategy ETF. Sensitive to energy, metals, agriculture, inflation expectations, and global demand.

Allowed option:
ID: SEMICONDUCTORS
Name: Semiconductors
Symbol: SMH
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Semiconductor equity exposure. Includes companies involved in chip design, manufacturing, equipment, and related supply chains.

Allowed option:
ID: SOFTWARE
Name: Software
Symbol: IGV
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Software equity exposure. Includes companies in application software, infrastructure software, and related technology services.

Allowed option:
ID: BROAD_AI_TECH
Name: Broad AI Technology
Symbol: AIQ
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Broad artificial intelligence and technology equity exposure. Includes companies associated with AI applications, infrastructure, data, and related technology services.

Allowed option:
ID: AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS
Name: Autonomous Technology and Robotics
Symbol: ARKQ
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Autonomous technology and robotics equity exposure. Includes companies associated with automation, robotics, autonomous transport, energy storage, and related technology platforms.

Allowed option:
ID: CYBERSECURITY
Name: Cybersecurity
Symbol: CIBR
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Cybersecurity equity exposure. Includes companies providing network security, identity, endpoint, cloud security, and related cybersecurity products and services.

Allowed option:
ID: SOLAR
Name: Solar Energy
Symbol: TAN
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: clean_energy
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Solar energy equity exposure. Includes companies associated with solar power equipment, development, installation, and related clean-energy supply chains.

Allowed option:
ID: METALS_MINING
Name: Metals and Mining
Symbol: XME
Asset class: equity
Category: commodity_equity
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Metals and mining equity exposure. Includes companies involved in steel, aluminum, precious metals, coal, copper, and diversified mining industries.

Allowed option:
ID: EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500
Name: Equal-Weight S&P 500
Symbol: RSP
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Equal-weight US large-cap equity exposure. Reduces concentration in the largest S&P 500 constituents compared with market-cap weighting.

Allowed option:
ID: BIOTECH
Name: Biotechnology
Symbol: XBI
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: healthcare_and_biotech
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: US biotechnology equity exposure. Sensitive to clinical data, financing conditions, regulation, mergers, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: REGIONAL_BANKS
Name: Regional Banks
Symbol: KRE
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: us_industry
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: US regional bank equity exposure. Sensitive to deposit trends, credit quality, yield curves, regulation, and commercial real estate conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: AEROSPACE_DEFENSE
Name: Aerospace and Defense
Symbol: ITA
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: us_industry
Risk bucket: high
Description: US aerospace and defense equity exposure. Sensitive to defense budgets, aircraft demand, supply chains, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: CANADA
Name: Canada Equities
Symbol: EWC
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Canadian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to financials, energy, materials, domestic growth, and Canadian dollar conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: UNITED_KINGDOM
Name: United Kingdom Equities
Symbol: EWU
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: United Kingdom equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to sterling, UK growth, global financials, energy, and dividend-oriented sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: AUSTRALIA
Name: Australia Equities
Symbol: EWA
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Australian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to banks, materials, commodity demand, China-linked growth, and Australian dollar conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: SOUTH_KOREA
Name: South Korea Equities
Symbol: EWY
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: South Korean equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductors, exports, won movements, global trade, and regional geopolitics.

Allowed option:
ID: TAIWAN
Name: Taiwan Equities
Symbol: EWT
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Taiwan equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductor supply chains, global electronics demand, currency movements, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: BRAZIL
Name: Brazil Equities
Symbol: EWZ
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Brazilian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to commodities, rates, fiscal policy, currency moves, and emerging-market capital flows.

Allowed option:
ID: MEXICO
Name: Mexico Equities
Symbol: EWW
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Mexican equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to domestic growth, currency moves, trade links, remittances, and nearshoring activity.

Allowed option:
ID: SOUTH_AFRICA
Name: South Africa Equities
Symbol: EZA
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: South African equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to resources, domestic policy, currency moves, power availability, and emerging-market flows.

Allowed option:
ID: MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS
Name: Agency Mortgage-Backed Bonds
Symbol: MBB
Asset class: bond
Category: securitized_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US agency mortgage-backed securities exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, prepayment behavior, mortgage spreads, and housing finance conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: MUNICIPAL_BONDS
Name: Municipal Bonds
Symbol: MUB
Asset class: bond
Category: municipal_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: low
Description: US municipal bond exposure. Sensitive to rates, state and local credit conditions, fund flows, and tax-exempt fixed-income demand.

Allowed option:
ID: EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS
Name: Emerging Market USD Bonds
Symbol: EMB
Asset class: bond
Category: emerging_market_debt
Group: credit
Risk bucket: high
Description: US dollar emerging-market bond exposure. Sensitive to sovereign spreads, US rates, currency stress, commodity cycles, and global risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: INTERNATIONAL_BONDS
Name: International Aggregate Bonds
Symbol: BNDX
Asset class: bond
Category: international_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: International investment-grade bond exposure. Sensitive to global rates, currency hedging, regional credit conditions, and non-US monetary policy.

Allowed option:
ID: SILVER
Name: Silver
Symbol: SLV
Asset class: commodity
Category: precious_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Silver exposure through a listed trust. Sensitive to precious-metals demand, industrial usage, real rates, US dollar moves, and inflation expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: COPPER
Name: Copper
Symbol: CPER
Asset class: commodity
Category: industrial_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Copper exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to industrial demand, China-linked growth, supply conditions, inventories, and electrification themes.

Allowed option:
ID: AGRICULTURE
Name: Agriculture Commodities
Symbol: DBA
Asset class: commodity
Category: agriculture
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Agricultural commodity exposure through a diversified exchange-traded product. Sensitive to weather, crop conditions, global demand, inventories, and currency moves.

Allowed option:
ID: OIL
Name: Crude Oil
Symbol: USO
Asset class: commodity
Category: energy_commodities
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Crude oil exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to supply, demand, inventories, OPEC policy, geopolitical risk, and futures-curve structure.

Allowed option:
ID: US_DOLLAR
Name: US Dollar
Symbol: UUP
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US dollar currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to relative rates, global risk appetite, trade balances, and reserve-currency demand.

Allowed option:
ID: EURO
Name: Euro
Symbol: FXE
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Euro currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to European rates, growth, fiscal policy, energy conditions, and US dollar movements.

Allowed option:
ID: YEN
Name: Japanese Yen
Symbol: FXY
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: high
Description: Japanese yen currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to Japanese monetary policy, rate differentials, carry trades, and safe-haven demand.

Allowed option:
ID: BITCOIN_ETF
Name: Bitcoin ETF
Symbol: IBIT
Asset class: crypto_proxy
Category: crypto_asset
Group: crypto_proxies
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Bitcoin exposure through a US-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, regulation, liquidity, rates, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: ETHEREUM_ETF
Name: Ethereum ETF
Symbol: ETHA
Asset class: crypto_proxy
Category: crypto_asset
Group: crypto_proxies
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Ethereum exposure through a US-listed spot Ethereum exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, network activity, regulation, liquidity, and risk appetite.
Base Instructions prompt.md
# CapitalBench Task

You are participating in an offline, time-resolved CapitalBench evaluation round.

CapitalBench evaluates how state-of-the-art language models make one-shot market allocation decisions from the same frozen information set. Your response will be compared against other participating models after the one-week outcome window resolves.

The scoring timeline is central to the task. This is a one-week, Friday-to-Friday round:
- Research cutoff: 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z.
- Decision deadline: 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z.
- Entry price: adjusted close on Friday, May 29, 2026.
- Exit price: adjusted close on Friday, June 5, 2026.
- Results are calculated only after regular U.S. trading ends on June 5, 2026.

The portfolio is measured from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close. Optimize for facts, catalysts, positioning, liquidity, and risks that can plausibly affect prices before the June 5, 2026 exit close.

Optimize only for the portfolio you expect to perform best over this close-to-close one-week scoring window. Use longer-horizon facts only when they are likely to affect prices before the June 5, 2026 exit close.

Briefing-bias discipline: the briefing may group facts by broad asset area and include a mechanical return table. Treat inclusion, section order, grouping, row count, and trailing-return table order as context, not recommendation signals.

Your objective is to allocate 100% across the allowed options to maximize expected one-week realized portfolio return, measured from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close, relative to the S&P 500 benchmark. Use the briefing, option list, and any included market-data table as the common information set. The official leaderboard ranks each model by realized weighted portfolio return relative to the S&P 500 benchmark. Multi-shot stability analysis, if run, is reported separately and does not change the official one-shot leaderboard.

Your portfolio is scored by the weighted realized percentage return over the one-week round window. Alpha is portfolio return minus S&P 500 return. Returns are calculated from adjusted close prices when available.

You may use your internal learned knowledge and general market priors. Do not browse, use tools, request updated market data, use external retrieval, or intentionally rely on facts, market prices, news, or events dated after the research cutoff. If your internal knowledge conflicts with the briefing, prioritize the briefing.

You must allocate exactly 100% across allowed options. Use only the holding count, allocation increment, minimum allocation, and cash or benchmark constraints stated in the round metadata. Do not short, use leverage, or choose an option outside the allowed option list.

Return only valid JSON. Do not include markdown, prose, citations, or commentary outside the JSON.

Required JSON format:

{
  "round_id": "<round_id>",
  "model_id": "<model_id>",
  "provider": "<provider>",
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "option_id": "<one allowed option ID>",
      "allocation_pct": <integer percentage>,
      "rationale": "<brief holding-level rationale>"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": <number from 0 to 1>,
  "portfolio_rationale": "<1-3 sentence allocation rationale>",
  "rationale_summary": "<1-3 sentence rationale>",
  "key_risks": [
    "<risk 1>",
    "<risk 2>"
  ]
}

Rules:
- portfolio must contain only IDs from the allowed option list.
- allocation_pct values must be integers in the stated allocation increment.
- allocation_pct values must sum to exactly 100.
- confidence must be between 0 and 1.
- confidence should reflect your confidence that this is the best portfolio decision under the round constraints.
- portfolio_rationale and rationale_summary are required and should be concise.
- key_risks must be a list of 2-5 concrete risks that could cause the portfolio to underperform; do not only list generic market risk.
- Do not provide a ranked list, backup portfolio, second-best portfolio, or alternative recommendation.
- Do not include financial-advice disclaimers. This is a benchmark response, not advice to a person.
- The JSON object must contain no extra fields.
Round Manifest manifest.yaml
round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
title: CapitalBench May 29 2026 One-Week Portfolio Round
description: One-week CapitalBench portfolio evaluation round scored Friday-to-Friday from the May 29, 2026 adjusted close to the June 5, 2026 adjusted close.
decision_date: '2026-05-29'
decision_deadline: '2026-05-30T00:00:00Z'
horizon: one week
methodology_version: portfolio-v1.0
universe_version: v2.1
submission_format: portfolio
portfolio_constraints:
  min_holdings: 1
  max_holdings: 5
  allocation_increment_pct: 5
  min_allocation_pct: 5
  max_total_allocation_pct: 100
  allow_cash: true
  allow_benchmark_asset: true
entry_rule: Use adjusted close on Friday, May 29, 2026 for each option; CASH return is 0 unless explicitly priced.
exit_rule: Use adjusted close on Friday, June 5, 2026 for each selected option; CASH return is 0 unless explicitly priced.
entry_date: '2026-05-29'
exit_date: '2026-06-05'
created_at: '2026-05-29T22:39:02.447167+00:00'
notes: Research cutoff is 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z. This is a weekly-track round with a Friday-to-Friday scoring window and separate manifest, prompt, model input, hashes, run folder, prices, and resolution job.
Briefing briefing.md
# CapitalBench Briefing

## 1. Neutrality And Bias-Control Statement

This briefing provides factual market context only. It does not rank or recommend any CapitalBench option. Some facts are grouped by broad asset area for readability; inclusion, order, and grouping are not evidence of expected return.

## 2. Research And Evaluation Setup

| field | value |
| --- | --- |
| research cutoff | 2026-05-29T22:45:00Z |
| decision deadline | 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z |
| evaluation horizon | one week |
| model access rule | no tool use and no web access |
| shared-input rule | competing models receive the same frozen factual briefing, fixed ETF option universe, and mechanical return table |

## 3. Macro, Rates, Credit, Liquidity, And Volatility

### Core Macro Table

| data_area | measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | period_covered | release_or_observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items | 0.6% | 0.9% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items | 3.8% | 3.3% for the 12 months ending March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items less food and energy | 0.4% | 0.2% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | CPI-U, all items less food and energy | 2.8% | 2.6% for the 12 months ending March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 12, 2026 | BLS CPI News Release |
| inflation | PCE price index | 0.4% | 0.7% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index | 3.8% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 from same month one year ago | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index excluding food and energy | 0.2% | 0.3% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | PCE price index excluding food and energy | 3.3% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 from same month one year ago | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| inflation | Producer Price Index for final demand | 1.4% | 0.7% in March 2026 and 0.6% in February 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 13, 2026 | BLS Producer Price Index |
| inflation | Producer Price Index for final demand | 6.0% | 4.3% in March 2026 | prior value | 12 months ending April 2026 | May 13, 2026 | BLS Producer Price Index |
| labor | unemployment rate | 4.3% | unchanged at 4.3% | prior value | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | nonfarm payroll employment | +115,000 jobs | March 2026 revised to +185,000 jobs | prior value | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls | $37.41 | +0.2% over the month and +3.6% over the year | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 8, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation |
| labor | seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims | 215,000 | increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level | week-over-week change | week ending May 23, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | U.S. Department of Labor UI Claims |
| growth | real GDP | +1.6% annual rate | revised down 0.4 percentage point from the advance estimate; Q4 2025 was +0.5% | revision and prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | May 28, 2026 | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| growth | retail and food services sales | $757.1 billion | up 0.5% from previous month and up 4.9% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 14, 2026 | U.S. Census Monthly Retail Trade |
| growth | current-dollar personal consumption expenditures | +$111.1 billion; +0.5% | 1.0% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 28, 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| growth | industrial production | 102.5 index; +0.7% | -0.3% in March 2026; 1.4% above April 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 15, 2026 | Federal Reserve G.17 |
| business surveys | ISM Manufacturing PMI | 52.7 | same reading as March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 1, 2026 | ISM Manufacturing PMI |
| business surveys | ISM Services PMI | 53.6 | 54.0 in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | May 5, 2026 | ISM Services PMI |
| consumer | University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment | 44.8 | 49.8 in April 2026 and 52.2 in May 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | May 2026 final | May 22, 2026 | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers |
| consumer | Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index | 93.1 | down 0.7 points from upwardly revised 93.8 in April 2026 | prior value | May 2026 | May 26, 2026 | The Conference Board Consumer Confidence |
| housing | housing starts | 1,465,000 SAAR | down 2.8% from revised March 2026 and up 4.6% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| housing | building permits | 1,442,000 SAAR | up 5.8% from revised March 2026 and down 0.2% from April 2025 | month-over-month and year-over-year change | April 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| housing | existing-home sales | 4.02 million sales | increased by 0.2% in April 2026 | month-over-month change | April 2026 | May 2026 | National Association of Realtors Existing-Home Sales |

### Rates, Fed, Credit, Liquidity, And Volatility

| data_area | measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | period_covered | release_or_observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Federal Reserve policy | federal funds target range | 3.50% to 3.75% | not source-reported | not source-reported | current target range | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| Federal Reserve policy | latest FOMC decision | maintain target range at 3.50% to 3.75% | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 2026 FOMC meeting | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| Federal Reserve policy | effective federal funds rate | 3.62% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DFF |
| Treasury yields | 3-month Treasury constant maturity rate | 3.69% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS3MO |
| Treasury yields | 2-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 3.99% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS2 |
| Treasury yields | 10-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 4.45% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS10 |
| Treasury yields | 30-year Treasury constant maturity rate | 4.98% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DGS30 |
| real rates | 10-year Treasury inflation-indexed security constant maturity rate | 2.06% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED DFII10 |
| inflation expectations | 10-year breakeven inflation rate | 2.39% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED T10YIE |
| Treasury spreads | 10-year Treasury minus 2-year Treasury constant maturity spread | 0.46 percentage point | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED T10Y2Y |
| currency | U.S. Dollar Index futures | 98.890 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq DX.F Quote |
| volatility | CBOE Volatility Index | 15.74 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED VIXCLS |
| credit spreads | ICE BofA US Corporate Index option-adjusted spread | 0.73% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLC0A0CM |
| credit spreads | ICE BofA US High Yield Index option-adjusted spread | 2.72% | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 |
| financial conditions | Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index | -0.510 | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | FRED NFCI |
| liquidity | total money market fund assets | $7.77 trillion | increased by $16.88 billion | week-over-week change | week ending May 20, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | Investment Company Institute Money Market Fund Assets |
| liquidity | Federal Reserve total assets | $6.704383 trillion | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | FRED WALCL |
| liquidity | Treasury General Account balance | $830.296 billion | not source-reported | not source-reported | week ending May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | FRED WTREGEN |
| housing rates | 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average | 6.53% | 6.51% previous week | prior value | week ending May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | FRED MORTGAGE30US |

### Commodity And Currency State

| measure | latest_value | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | observation_date | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI crude futures | $87.76 per barrel | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:59:57 source time | Stooq CL.F Quote |
| Brent crude spot | $102.75 per barrel | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 26, 2026 | FRED DCOILBRENTEU |
| natural gas futures | $3.290 per MMBtu | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 23:38:24 source time | Stooq NG.F Quote |
| gold futures | $4,569.90 per t oz | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:59:58 source time | Stooq GC.F Quote |
| silver futures | 7,556.7 USd per t oz | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq SI.F Quote |
| high grade copper futures | 639.63 USd per lb | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq HG.F Quote |
| U.S. Dollar Index futures | 98.890 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:58:59 source time | Stooq DX.F Quote |
| euro / U.S. dollar | 1.16646 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:00:20 source time | Stooq EURUSD Quote |
| U.S. dollar / Japanese yen | 159.2635 | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 22:00:28 source time | Stooq USDJPY Quote |

## 4. Scheduled Calendar Inside The Scoring Window

| date | event | publisher_or_entity | release_type_or_asset_area | consensus_or_forecast_if_source_reported | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 1, 2026 10:00 AM ET | ISM Manufacturing PMI, May 2026 | Institute for Supply Management | business survey release | not source-reported | ISM Report Calendar |
| June 3, 2026 10:00 AM ET | ISM Services PMI, May 2026 | Institute for Supply Management | business survey release | not source-reported | ISM Report Calendar |
| June 5, 2026 8:30 AM ET | Employment Situation, May 2026 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | labor market release | not source-reported | BLS Employment Situation |

## 5. Balanced Asset-Area Context

| asset_area | covered_area | fact_type | balance_role | factual_statement | source_reported_comparison | comparison_type | date_or_period | source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cash and short-duration Treasuries | federal funds and short bills | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The FOMC maintained the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 29, 2026 | Federal Reserve FOMC Statement |
| bonds and rates | Treasury curve | observed_value | current_condition | The 3-month, 2-year, 10-year, and 30-year Treasury constant maturity rates were 3.69%, 3.99%, 4.45%, and 4.98%, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | FRED Treasury Rates |
| credit | corporate credit | observed_value | current_condition | The ICE BofA US Corporate Index option-adjusted spread was 0.73%, and the ICE BofA US High Yield Index option-adjusted spread was 2.72%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 28, 2026 | FRED BAMLC0A0CM and BAMLH0A0HYM2 |
| broad US equities | corporate profits | observed_value | current_condition | Profits from current production increased $40.4 billion in Q1 2026. | $246.9 billion increase in Q4 2025 | prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| broad US equities | real GDP | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | Real GDP increased at a 1.6% annual rate in Q1 2026. | revised down 0.4 percentage point from the advance estimate; Q4 2025 was +0.5% | revision and prior value | Q1 2026 second estimate | BEA GDP Second Estimate |
| financials and regional banks | banking industry | observed_value | current_condition | FDIC-insured institutions reported a 1.26% return on assets ratio and $80.5 billion of aggregate net income. | net income increased $2.8 billion, or 3.6%, from the prior quarter | prior value | Q1 2026 | FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile |
| consumer sectors | consumer spending | observed_value | current_condition | Current-dollar personal consumption expenditures increased $111.1 billion, or 0.5%. | 1.0% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 | BEA Personal Income and Outlays |
| consumer sectors | consumer sentiment | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment was 44.8. | 49.8 in April 2026 and 52.2 in May 2025 | prior value and year-over-year change | May 2026 final | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers |
| real estate | housing construction | observed_value | current_condition | Housing starts were 1,465,000 SAAR, and building permits were 1,442,000 SAAR. | starts down 2.8%; permits up 5.8% from March 2026 | month-over-month change | April 2026 | Census/HUD New Residential Construction |
| real estate | mortgage reference rates | observed_value | counterbalancing_fact | The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average was 6.53%. | 6.51% previous week | prior value | week ending May 28, 2026 | FRED MORTGAGE30US |
| software | software prices | observed_value | current_condition | The PCE Computer Software and Accessories category increased 13.9% year over year and roughly 73.1% annualized from November 2025 through March 2026. | average annualized rate of -5.3% over the prior 25 years | prior value | November 2025 through March 2026 | Federal Reserve FEDS Notes |
| semiconductors | global chip sales | observed_value | current_condition | Global semiconductor sales were $298.5 billion during Q1 2026. | up 25% compared to Q4 2025 | prior value | Q1 2026 | Semiconductor Industry Association |
| energy and oil | crude oil outlook | labeled_forecast_or_estimate | current_condition | EIA forecast global oil inventories would decrease by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026. | last month's STEO forecast a 0.3 million barrel per day decrease | prior value | May 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook | EIA STEO |
| energy and oil | OPEC supply policy | policy_or_regulatory_fact | counterbalancing_fact | Seven OPEC+ countries decided to implement a production adjustment of 188 thousand barrels per day from previous voluntary adjustments. | not source-reported | not source-reported | decision on May 3, 2026; adjustment for June 2026 | OPEC |
| currencies | U.S. dollar, euro, and yen | observed_value | current_condition | U.S. Dollar Index futures, EUR/USD, and USD/JPY were quoted at 98.890, 1.16646, and 159.2635, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 29, 2026 | Stooq Currency Quotes |
| crypto proxies | bitcoin and ethereum | observed_value | current_condition | Bitcoin and ethereum were quoted at 73,346.17 and 2,008.484, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | May 30, 2026 source time | Stooq Crypto Quotes |
| Europe equities | euro area policy | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The ECB held the deposit facility, main refinancing operations, and marginal lending facility rates at 2.00%, 2.15%, and 2.40%, respectively. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 30, 2026 | European Central Bank |
| Japan equities | Japan policy rate | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | The Bank of Japan encouraged the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.75%. | not source-reported | not source-reported | April 28, 2026 | Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Statement |
| China equities | credit policy and manufacturing survey | policy_or_regulatory_fact | current_condition | China's one-year Loan Prime Rate was 3.0%, and its five-year Loan Prime Rate was 3.5%; China's official manufacturing PMI was 50.3 in April 2026. | manufacturing PMI down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month | month-over-month change | May 2026 LPR; April 2026 PMI | Trading Economics China Interest Rate; National Bureau of Statistics of China PMI |
| India equities | inflation and monetary policy | observed_value | current_condition | India's April 2026 CPI inflation was 3.48%, and the Reserve Bank of India policy repo rate was 5.25%. | CPI was 3.40% in March 2026 | prior value | April 2026 CPI; April 2026 monetary policy | Press Information Bureau India CPI; Reserve Bank of India Current Rates |

## 6. Factual Tension Ledger

| area_or_asset_area | source_reported_fact_1 | source_reported_fact_2 | unresolved_question | source_or_sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| labor and inflation | unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3% in April 2026 | CPI-U all items rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending April 2026 | May 2026 Employment Situation release on June 5, 2026 | BLS Employment Situation; BLS CPI News Release |

## 7. Source-Reported Uncertainties And Missing Major Data

### Source-Reported Uncertainties

| uncertainty | source-reported wording or concise factual paraphrase | source date if provided | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| labor release outcome | The May 2026 Employment Situation was scheduled but not included as released data in the input reports. | May 2026 source reports | source_reported_uncertainty |
| business survey outcomes | May 2026 ISM Manufacturing PMI and ISM Services PMI releases were scheduled but not included as released data in the input reports. | May 2026 source reports | source_reported_uncertainty |

### Missing Major Data

| data_area | missing_item | note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| labor | May 2026 Employment Situation | not provided in source reports |
| business surveys | May 2026 ISM Manufacturing PMI and ISM Services PMI | not provided in source reports |

## 8. Full-Universe Trailing Returns

| option_id | symbol | option_group | as_of_price_date | return_7d | return_30d | return_6m | return_1y | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CASH |  | cash | 2026-05-29 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | cash |
| SHORT_TREASURY | BIL | cash_and_short_duration | 2026-05-29 | 0.08% | 0.33% | 1.81% | 3.92% | pass |
| SP500 | SPY | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.45% | 6.31% | 11.33% | 29.68% | pass |
| TOTAL_US_MARKET | VTI | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.57% | 6.38% | 11.44% | 29.93% | pass |
| NASDAQ100 | QQQ | us_growth_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 2.89% | 11.60% | 19.53% | 42.68% | pass |
| LARGE_GROWTH | IWF | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 2.28% | 7.62% | 7.54% | 28.41% | pass |
| LARGE_VALUE | IWD | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 0.69% | 4.80% | 14.31% | 28.47% | pass |
| MID_CAP | IJH | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.50% | 4.23% | 13.27% | 25.43% | pass |
| SMALL_CAP | IWM | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.74% | 17.36% | 42.42% | pass |
| SMALL_VALUE | IWN | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.21% | 4.77% | 18.37% | 43.44% | pass |
| DIVIDEND | SCHD | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.01% | 3.34% | 19.99% | 28.88% | pass |
| LOW_VOL | SPLV | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -2.54% | -2.07% | -0.22% | 0.95% | pass |
| MOMENTUM | MTUM | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | 4.02% | 13.72% | 26.65% | 38.22% | pass |
| TECHNOLOGY | XLK | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 5.89% | 20.06% | 33.84% | 65.87% | pass |
| COMMUNICATIONS | XLC | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.20% | 0.35% | 0.90% | 15.98% | pass |
| CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY | XLY | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.42% | 3.45% | 2.63% | 13.33% | pass |
| CONSUMER_STAPLES | XLP | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.23% | -0.01% | 5.89% | 3.77% | pass |
| HEALTHCARE | XLV | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.28% | 4.64% | -4.40% | 14.94% | pass |
| FINANCIALS | XLF | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.69% | -0.65% | -2.45% | 2.99% | pass |
| INDUSTRIALS | XLI | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.79% | 1.88% | 13.34% | 22.92% | pass |
| ENERGY | XLE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -5.38% | -4.64% | 26.33% | 41.26% | pass |
| MATERIALS | XLB | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.71% | 0.37% | 15.52% | 20.80% | pass |
| UTILITIES | XLU | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.05% | -2.76% | -0.56% | 12.65% | pass |
| REAL_ESTATE | XLRE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -1.28% | 0.80% | 7.43% | 9.16% | pass |
| INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY | IEF | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.82% | 0.17% | -1.06% | 4.29% | pass |
| LONG_TREASURY | TLT | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 1.28% | 0.44% | -2.78% | 4.08% | pass |
| TIPS | TIP | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.34% | 1.07% | 5.01% | pass |
| INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT | LQD | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.91% | 0.97% | 0.02% | 6.45% | pass |
| HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT | HYG | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.50% | 0.75% | 2.10% | 7.08% | pass |
| AGGREGATE_BONDS | AGG | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.63% | 0.43% | 0.21% | 5.29% | pass |
| DEVELOPED_EX_US | VEA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.99% | 18.74% | 33.39% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKETS | VWO | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.53% | 3.10% | 12.42% | 29.42% | pass |
| EUROPE | VGK | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.62% | 4.55% | 10.73% | 19.76% | pass |
| JAPAN | EWJ | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.47% | 7.08% | 16.23% | 31.38% | pass |
| CHINA | MCHI | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.79% | -3.04% | -10.32% | 4.57% | pass |
| INDIA | INDA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | -0.96% | -11.24% | -11.05% | pass |
| GOLD | IAU | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 0.80% | -0.07% | 7.66% | 36.70% | pass |
| BROAD_COMMODITIES | PDBC | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -3.19% | -4.76% | 33.06% | 44.74% | pass |
| SEMICONDUCTORS | SMH | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 3.92% | 19.89% | 70.54% | 146.14% | pass |
| SOFTWARE | IGV | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 8.14% | 20.31% | -2.33% | -0.67% | pass |
| BROAD_AI_TECH | AIQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 7.18% | 22.31% | 34.38% | 66.76% | pass |
| AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS | ARKQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 4.86% | 15.91% | 30.27% | 78.45% | pass |
| CYBERSECURITY | CIBR | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 5.65% | 31.19% | 21.45% | 26.08% | pass |
| SOLAR | TAN | clean_energy | 2026-05-29 | 12.10% | 31.74% | 51.16% | 131.54% | pass |
| METALS_MINING | XME | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 6.95% | 9.25% | 29.20% | 108.43% | pass |
| EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500 | RSP | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.09% | 4.20% | 9.93% | 20.29% | pass |
| BIOTECH | XBI | healthcare_and_biotech | 2026-05-29 | 3.82% | 6.04% | 11.34% | 70.50% | pass |
| REGIONAL_BANKS | KRE | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | 0.84% | 11.83% | 24.56% | pass |
| AEROSPACE_DEFENSE | ITA | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 4.47% | 10.46% | 14.87% | 34.25% | pass |
| CANADA | EWC | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.51% | 3.21% | 12.59% | 33.39% | pass |
| UNITED_KINGDOM | EWU | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.34% | 2.04% | 10.87% | 22.69% | pass |
| AUSTRALIA | EWA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.63% | 2.20% | 15.10% | 17.81% | pass |
| SOUTH_KOREA | EWY | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 13.07% | 33.69% | 131.66% | 240.64% | pass |
| TAIWAN | EWT | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 6.13% | 17.88% | 66.67% | 103.36% | pass |
| BRAZIL | EWZ | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.26% | -7.09% | 10.68% | 36.74% | pass |
| MEXICO | EWW | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.86% | 4.02% | 16.86% | 32.95% | pass |
| SOUTH_AFRICA | EZA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 3.12% | 4.41% | 9.72% | 39.66% | pass |
| MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS | MBB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.55% | 1.09% | 7.00% | pass |
| MUNICIPAL_BONDS | MUB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.94% | 0.39% | 1.37% | 6.41% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS | EMB | credit | 2026-05-29 | 1.32% | 1.41% | 2.26% | 12.02% | pass |
| INTERNATIONAL_BONDS | BNDX | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 1.22% | 0.40% | 2.27% | pass |
| SILVER | SLV | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.04% | 5.38% | 33.43% | 125.51% | pass |
| COPPER | CPER | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.15% | 8.03% | 20.38% | 33.26% | pass |
| AGRICULTURE | DBA | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -1.12% | -3.06% | 6.84% | 6.24% | pass |
| OIL | USO | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -8.39% | -14.30% | 81.64% | 92.13% | pass |
| US_DOLLAR | UUP | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.40% | 0.18% | 1.41% | 4.18% | pass |
| EURO | FXE | currencies | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 0.02% | 0.93% | 3.39% | pass |
| YEN | FXY | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.14% | 0.63% | -2.21% | -9.83% | pass |
| BITCOIN_ETF | IBIT | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -3.10% | -2.62% | -19.24% | -30.61% | pass |
| ETHEREUM_ETF | ETHA | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -2.38% | -9.79% | -33.77% | -24.34% | pass |

## 9. Coverage And Bias Audit

| asset_area | final_rows_in_briefing | current_condition_rows | counterbalancing_or_uncertainty_rows | scheduled_event_rows | note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cash and short-duration Treasuries | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| bonds and rates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| credit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| broad US equities | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| financials and regional banks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| consumer sectors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | rows trimmed to maintain balance or fit horizon |
| real estate | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| software | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| semiconductors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| energy and oil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | final rows preserved from asset-area context |
| currencies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| crypto proxies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| Europe equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| Japan equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| China equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |
| India equities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | one final row retained |

## 10. Final Neutrality Statement

This briefing provides factual market context only. It does not rank or recommend any CapitalBench option. Some facts are grouped by broad asset area for readability; inclusion, order, and grouping are not evidence of expected return.
Full-Universe Trailing Returns market_data/universe_trailing_returns.md
This table is mechanically calculated from Tiingo EOD adjusted close data. It is sorted in the option order from `options.yaml`, not by performance. CASH is shown as 0.00%.

- Source: tiingo_eod_adj_close
- As-of date requested: 2026-05-29
- Failed options: 0

| option_id | symbol | option_group | as_of_price_date | return_7d | return_30d | return_6m | return_1y | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CASH |  | cash | 2026-05-29 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | cash |
| SHORT_TREASURY | BIL | cash_and_short_duration | 2026-05-29 | 0.08% | 0.33% | 1.81% | 3.92% | pass |
| SP500 | SPY | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.45% | 6.31% | 11.33% | 29.68% | pass |
| TOTAL_US_MARKET | VTI | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.57% | 6.38% | 11.44% | 29.93% | pass |
| NASDAQ100 | QQQ | us_growth_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 2.89% | 11.60% | 19.53% | 42.68% | pass |
| LARGE_GROWTH | IWF | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 2.28% | 7.62% | 7.54% | 28.41% | pass |
| LARGE_VALUE | IWD | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 0.69% | 4.80% | 14.31% | 28.47% | pass |
| MID_CAP | IJH | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.50% | 4.23% | 13.27% | 25.43% | pass |
| SMALL_CAP | IWM | us_size_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.74% | 17.36% | 42.42% | pass |
| SMALL_VALUE | IWN | us_style_factor | 2026-05-29 | 1.21% | 4.77% | 18.37% | 43.44% | pass |
| DIVIDEND | SCHD | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.01% | 3.34% | 19.99% | 28.88% | pass |
| LOW_VOL | SPLV | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | -2.54% | -2.07% | -0.22% | 0.95% | pass |
| MOMENTUM | MTUM | us_factor_equity | 2026-05-29 | 4.02% | 13.72% | 26.65% | 38.22% | pass |
| TECHNOLOGY | XLK | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 5.89% | 20.06% | 33.84% | 65.87% | pass |
| COMMUNICATIONS | XLC | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.20% | 0.35% | 0.90% | 15.98% | pass |
| CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY | XLY | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.42% | 3.45% | 2.63% | 13.33% | pass |
| CONSUMER_STAPLES | XLP | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.23% | -0.01% | 5.89% | 3.77% | pass |
| HEALTHCARE | XLV | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.28% | 4.64% | -4.40% | 14.94% | pass |
| FINANCIALS | XLF | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -0.69% | -0.65% | -2.45% | 2.99% | pass |
| INDUSTRIALS | XLI | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 0.79% | 1.88% | 13.34% | 22.92% | pass |
| ENERGY | XLE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -5.38% | -4.64% | 26.33% | 41.26% | pass |
| MATERIALS | XLB | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | 1.71% | 0.37% | 15.52% | 20.80% | pass |
| UTILITIES | XLU | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -2.05% | -2.76% | -0.56% | 12.65% | pass |
| REAL_ESTATE | XLRE | us_sector | 2026-05-29 | -1.28% | 0.80% | 7.43% | 9.16% | pass |
| INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY | IEF | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.82% | 0.17% | -1.06% | 4.29% | pass |
| LONG_TREASURY | TLT | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 1.28% | 0.44% | -2.78% | 4.08% | pass |
| TIPS | TIP | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.34% | 1.07% | 5.01% | pass |
| INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT | LQD | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.91% | 0.97% | 0.02% | 6.45% | pass |
| HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT | HYG | credit | 2026-05-29 | 0.50% | 0.75% | 2.10% | 7.08% | pass |
| AGGREGATE_BONDS | AGG | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.63% | 0.43% | 0.21% | 5.29% | pass |
| DEVELOPED_EX_US | VEA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.86% | 6.99% | 18.74% | 33.39% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKETS | VWO | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.53% | 3.10% | 12.42% | 29.42% | pass |
| EUROPE | VGK | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.62% | 4.55% | 10.73% | 19.76% | pass |
| JAPAN | EWJ | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.47% | 7.08% | 16.23% | 31.38% | pass |
| CHINA | MCHI | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.79% | -3.04% | -10.32% | 4.57% | pass |
| INDIA | INDA | international_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | -0.96% | -11.24% | -11.05% | pass |
| GOLD | IAU | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 0.80% | -0.07% | 7.66% | 36.70% | pass |
| BROAD_COMMODITIES | PDBC | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -3.19% | -4.76% | 33.06% | 44.74% | pass |
| SEMICONDUCTORS | SMH | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 3.92% | 19.89% | 70.54% | 146.14% | pass |
| SOFTWARE | IGV | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 8.14% | 20.31% | -2.33% | -0.67% | pass |
| BROAD_AI_TECH | AIQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 7.18% | 22.31% | 34.38% | 66.76% | pass |
| AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS | ARKQ | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 4.86% | 15.91% | 30.27% | 78.45% | pass |
| CYBERSECURITY | CIBR | ai_and_technology | 2026-05-29 | 5.65% | 31.19% | 21.45% | 26.08% | pass |
| SOLAR | TAN | clean_energy | 2026-05-29 | 12.10% | 31.74% | 51.16% | 131.54% | pass |
| METALS_MINING | XME | commodities | 2026-05-29 | 6.95% | 9.25% | 29.20% | 108.43% | pass |
| EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500 | RSP | us_broad_market | 2026-05-29 | 1.09% | 4.20% | 9.93% | 20.29% | pass |
| BIOTECH | XBI | healthcare_and_biotech | 2026-05-29 | 3.82% | 6.04% | 11.34% | 70.50% | pass |
| REGIONAL_BANKS | KRE | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 0.35% | 0.84% | 11.83% | 24.56% | pass |
| AEROSPACE_DEFENSE | ITA | us_industry | 2026-05-29 | 4.47% | 10.46% | 14.87% | 34.25% | pass |
| CANADA | EWC | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.51% | 3.21% | 12.59% | 33.39% | pass |
| UNITED_KINGDOM | EWU | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -0.34% | 2.04% | 10.87% | 22.69% | pass |
| AUSTRALIA | EWA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 1.63% | 2.20% | 15.10% | 17.81% | pass |
| SOUTH_KOREA | EWY | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 13.07% | 33.69% | 131.66% | 240.64% | pass |
| TAIWAN | EWT | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 6.13% | 17.88% | 66.67% | 103.36% | pass |
| BRAZIL | EWZ | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | -1.26% | -7.09% | 10.68% | 36.74% | pass |
| MEXICO | EWW | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 0.86% | 4.02% | 16.86% | 32.95% | pass |
| SOUTH_AFRICA | EZA | country_equity | 2026-05-29 | 3.12% | 4.41% | 9.72% | 39.66% | pass |
| MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS | MBB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.75% | 0.55% | 1.09% | 7.00% | pass |
| MUNICIPAL_BONDS | MUB | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.94% | 0.39% | 1.37% | 6.41% | pass |
| EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS | EMB | credit | 2026-05-29 | 1.32% | 1.41% | 2.26% | 12.02% | pass |
| INTERNATIONAL_BONDS | BNDX | bonds_and_rates | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 1.22% | 0.40% | 2.27% | pass |
| SILVER | SLV | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.04% | 5.38% | 33.43% | 125.51% | pass |
| COPPER | CPER | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -0.15% | 8.03% | 20.38% | 33.26% | pass |
| AGRICULTURE | DBA | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -1.12% | -3.06% | 6.84% | 6.24% | pass |
| OIL | USO | commodities | 2026-05-29 | -8.39% | -14.30% | 81.64% | 92.13% | pass |
| US_DOLLAR | UUP | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.40% | 0.18% | 1.41% | 4.18% | pass |
| EURO | FXE | currencies | 2026-05-29 | 0.56% | 0.02% | 0.93% | 3.39% | pass |
| YEN | FXY | currencies | 2026-05-29 | -0.14% | 0.63% | -2.21% | -9.83% | pass |
| BITCOIN_ETF | IBIT | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -3.10% | -2.62% | -19.24% | -30.61% | pass |
| ETHEREUM_ETF | ETHA | crypto_proxies | 2026-05-29 | -2.38% | -9.79% | -33.77% | -24.34% | pass |
Rendered Options In Prompt options.yaml rendered for model prompt
Allowed option:
ID: CASH
Name: Cash / Do Not Invest
Symbol: N/A
Asset class: cash
Category: cash
Group: cash
Risk bucket: cash
Description: Cash position with no market exposure. Return is treated as 0 unless a round explicitly defines a cash yield proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: SHORT_TREASURY
Name: Short-Term Treasury Bills
Symbol: BIL
Asset class: cash_like
Category: treasury_bills
Group: cash_and_short_duration
Risk bucket: low
Description: Short-term US Treasury bill exposure. Typically used as a cash-like proxy with low duration risk.

Allowed option:
ID: SP500
Name: S&P 500
Symbol: SPY
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad US large-cap equity exposure. Represents large publicly traded US companies across multiple sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: TOTAL_US_MARKET
Name: Total US Stock Market
Symbol: VTI
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad exposure to the total US equity market, including large-, mid-, and small-cap companies. Useful as a diversified US equity proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: NASDAQ100
Name: Nasdaq 100
Symbol: QQQ
Asset class: equity
Category: growth_equity
Group: us_growth_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Large-cap, growth-oriented US equity exposure with heavy weights in technology and communication services. Sensitive to mega-cap earnings, rates, and growth-stock sentiment.

Allowed option:
ID: LARGE_GROWTH
Name: US Large-Cap Growth
Symbol: IWF
Asset class: equity
Category: style_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US large-cap growth stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with higher expected growth, higher valuations, and greater sensitivity to interest rates.

Allowed option:
ID: LARGE_VALUE
Name: US Large-Cap Value
Symbol: IWD
Asset class: equity
Category: style_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US large-cap value stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with lower valuation multiples, dividends, financials, energy, and cyclical sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: MID_CAP
Name: US Mid-Cap Stocks
Symbol: IJH
Asset class: equity
Category: size_factor
Group: us_size_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US mid-cap equity exposure. Represents companies between large caps and small caps, with sensitivity to domestic growth, financing conditions, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: SMALL_CAP
Name: US Small-Cap Stocks
Symbol: IWM
Asset class: equity
Category: size_factor
Group: us_size_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US small-cap equity exposure. Often more sensitive to domestic economic growth, credit conditions, rates, and market risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: SMALL_VALUE
Name: US Small-Cap Value
Symbol: IWN
Asset class: equity
Category: style_and_size_factor
Group: us_style_factor
Risk bucket: high
Description: US small-cap value equity exposure. Combines smaller company exposure with value-oriented characteristics.

Allowed option:
ID: DIVIDEND
Name: US Dividend Equities
Symbol: SCHD
Asset class: equity
Category: dividend_equity
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US dividend-oriented equity exposure. Often tilted toward profitable, mature companies with dividend histories.

Allowed option:
ID: LOW_VOL
Name: US Low Volatility Equities
Symbol: SPLV
Asset class: equity
Category: low_volatility_factor
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US equity exposure focused on historically lower-volatility stocks. Often used as a defensive equity factor proxy.

Allowed option:
ID: MOMENTUM
Name: US Momentum Equities
Symbol: MTUM
Asset class: equity
Category: momentum_factor
Group: us_factor_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: US equity exposure tilted toward stocks with stronger recent price momentum. Sensitive to trend persistence and factor rotations.

Allowed option:
ID: TECHNOLOGY
Name: Technology Sector
Symbol: XLK
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US technology sector exposure within large-cap equities. Includes software, hardware, semiconductors, and technology services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: COMMUNICATIONS
Name: Communication Services Sector
Symbol: XLC
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US communication services sector exposure. Includes large internet platforms, media, telecom, and entertainment companies.

Allowed option:
ID: CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY
Name: Consumer Discretionary Sector
Symbol: XLY
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US consumer discretionary sector exposure. Sensitive to consumer spending, employment, credit conditions, and household confidence.

Allowed option:
ID: CONSUMER_STAPLES
Name: Consumer Staples Sector
Symbol: XLP
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US consumer staples sector exposure. Includes companies selling essential consumer products and is often considered a defensive equity sector.

Allowed option:
ID: HEALTHCARE
Name: Healthcare Sector
Symbol: XLV
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US healthcare sector exposure. Includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare services, and insurers.

Allowed option:
ID: FINANCIALS
Name: Financials Sector
Symbol: XLF
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US financial sector exposure. Includes banks, insurers, capital markets firms, and financial services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: INDUSTRIALS
Name: Industrials Sector
Symbol: XLI
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US industrial sector exposure. Includes aerospace, machinery, transportation, logistics, and industrial services companies.

Allowed option:
ID: ENERGY
Name: Energy Sector
Symbol: XLE
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US energy sector exposure. Sensitive to oil and gas prices, production trends, geopolitics, and capital discipline.

Allowed option:
ID: MATERIALS
Name: Materials Sector
Symbol: XLB
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US materials sector exposure. Includes chemicals, metals, mining, packaging, and construction materials companies.

Allowed option:
ID: UTILITIES
Name: Utilities Sector
Symbol: XLU
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US utilities sector exposure. Often sensitive to interest rates, electricity demand, regulation, and defensive equity flows.

Allowed option:
ID: REAL_ESTATE
Name: Real Estate Sector
Symbol: XLRE
Asset class: equity
Category: us_sector
Group: us_sector
Risk bucket: high
Description: US listed real estate equity exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, property fundamentals, credit conditions, and real estate valuations.

Allowed option:
ID: INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY
Name: Intermediate-Term US Treasury Bonds
Symbol: IEF
Asset class: bond
Category: treasury_duration
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Intermediate-duration US Treasury bond exposure. Sensitive to changes in interest rates, inflation expectations, and growth expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: LONG_TREASURY
Name: Long-Term US Treasury Bonds
Symbol: TLT
Asset class: bond
Category: treasury_duration
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: high
Description: Long-duration US Treasury bond exposure. More sensitive to interest-rate changes than shorter-duration bond funds.

Allowed option:
ID: TIPS
Name: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Symbol: TIP
Asset class: bond
Category: inflation_linked_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US Treasury inflation-protected bond exposure. Sensitive to real interest rates and inflation expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT
Name: Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
Symbol: LQD
Asset class: bond
Category: corporate_credit
Group: credit
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US investment-grade corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, credit spreads, and corporate balance-sheet conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT
Name: High Yield Corporate Bonds
Symbol: HYG
Asset class: bond
Category: corporate_credit
Group: credit
Risk bucket: high
Description: US high-yield corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to credit spreads, default expectations, liquidity, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: AGGREGATE_BONDS
Name: US Aggregate Bond Market
Symbol: AGG
Asset class: bond
Category: aggregate_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Broad US investment-grade bond market exposure. Includes Treasuries, agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate bonds.

Allowed option:
ID: DEVELOPED_EX_US
Name: Developed Markets ex-US
Symbol: VEA
Asset class: equity
Category: international_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Developed-market equity exposure outside the United States. Includes regions such as Europe, Japan, Canada, and developed Asia-Pacific markets.

Allowed option:
ID: EMERGING_MARKETS
Name: Emerging Markets
Symbol: VWO
Asset class: equity
Category: international_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Emerging-market equity exposure. Sensitive to global growth, currency moves, capital flows, commodity cycles, and country-specific policy risk.

Allowed option:
ID: EUROPE
Name: Europe Equities
Symbol: VGK
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: European equity exposure. Sensitive to European growth, monetary policy, currency trends, energy costs, and regional earnings.

Allowed option:
ID: JAPAN
Name: Japan Equities
Symbol: EWJ
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Japanese equity exposure. Sensitive to Japanese corporate earnings, yen movements, monetary policy, and global trade conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: CHINA
Name: China Equities
Symbol: MCHI
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: China equity exposure through publicly traded Chinese companies. Sensitive to Chinese growth, policy actions, currency moves, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: INDIA
Name: India Equities
Symbol: INDA
Asset class: equity
Category: regional_equity
Group: international_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Indian equity exposure. Sensitive to Indian economic growth, currency moves, domestic policy, valuations, and foreign capital flows.

Allowed option:
ID: GOLD
Name: Gold
Symbol: IAU
Asset class: commodity
Category: precious_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Gold exposure through a listed gold trust. Sensitive to real interest rates, US dollar strength, inflation expectations, and safe-haven demand.

Allowed option:
ID: BROAD_COMMODITIES
Name: Broad Commodities
Symbol: PDBC
Asset class: commodity
Category: broad_commodities
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Broad commodity exposure through a diversified commodity strategy ETF. Sensitive to energy, metals, agriculture, inflation expectations, and global demand.

Allowed option:
ID: SEMICONDUCTORS
Name: Semiconductors
Symbol: SMH
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Semiconductor equity exposure. Includes companies involved in chip design, manufacturing, equipment, and related supply chains.

Allowed option:
ID: SOFTWARE
Name: Software
Symbol: IGV
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Software equity exposure. Includes companies in application software, infrastructure software, and related technology services.

Allowed option:
ID: BROAD_AI_TECH
Name: Broad AI Technology
Symbol: AIQ
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Broad artificial intelligence and technology equity exposure. Includes companies associated with AI applications, infrastructure, data, and related technology services.

Allowed option:
ID: AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS
Name: Autonomous Technology and Robotics
Symbol: ARKQ
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Autonomous technology and robotics equity exposure. Includes companies associated with automation, robotics, autonomous transport, energy storage, and related technology platforms.

Allowed option:
ID: CYBERSECURITY
Name: Cybersecurity
Symbol: CIBR
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: ai_and_technology
Risk bucket: high
Description: Cybersecurity equity exposure. Includes companies providing network security, identity, endpoint, cloud security, and related cybersecurity products and services.

Allowed option:
ID: SOLAR
Name: Solar Energy
Symbol: TAN
Asset class: equity
Category: thematic_equity
Group: clean_energy
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Solar energy equity exposure. Includes companies associated with solar power equipment, development, installation, and related clean-energy supply chains.

Allowed option:
ID: METALS_MINING
Name: Metals and Mining
Symbol: XME
Asset class: equity
Category: commodity_equity
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Metals and mining equity exposure. Includes companies involved in steel, aluminum, precious metals, coal, copper, and diversified mining industries.

Allowed option:
ID: EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500
Name: Equal-Weight S&P 500
Symbol: RSP
Asset class: equity
Category: broad_us_equity
Group: us_broad_market
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Equal-weight US large-cap equity exposure. Reduces concentration in the largest S&P 500 constituents compared with market-cap weighting.

Allowed option:
ID: BIOTECH
Name: Biotechnology
Symbol: XBI
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: healthcare_and_biotech
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: US biotechnology equity exposure. Sensitive to clinical data, financing conditions, regulation, mergers, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: REGIONAL_BANKS
Name: Regional Banks
Symbol: KRE
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: us_industry
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: US regional bank equity exposure. Sensitive to deposit trends, credit quality, yield curves, regulation, and commercial real estate conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: AEROSPACE_DEFENSE
Name: Aerospace and Defense
Symbol: ITA
Asset class: equity
Category: industry_equity
Group: us_industry
Risk bucket: high
Description: US aerospace and defense equity exposure. Sensitive to defense budgets, aircraft demand, supply chains, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: CANADA
Name: Canada Equities
Symbol: EWC
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Canadian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to financials, energy, materials, domestic growth, and Canadian dollar conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: UNITED_KINGDOM
Name: United Kingdom Equities
Symbol: EWU
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: United Kingdom equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to sterling, UK growth, global financials, energy, and dividend-oriented sectors.

Allowed option:
ID: AUSTRALIA
Name: Australia Equities
Symbol: EWA
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Australian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to banks, materials, commodity demand, China-linked growth, and Australian dollar conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: SOUTH_KOREA
Name: South Korea Equities
Symbol: EWY
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: South Korean equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductors, exports, won movements, global trade, and regional geopolitics.

Allowed option:
ID: TAIWAN
Name: Taiwan Equities
Symbol: EWT
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Taiwan equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductor supply chains, global electronics demand, currency movements, and geopolitical risk.

Allowed option:
ID: BRAZIL
Name: Brazil Equities
Symbol: EWZ
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Brazilian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to commodities, rates, fiscal policy, currency moves, and emerging-market capital flows.

Allowed option:
ID: MEXICO
Name: Mexico Equities
Symbol: EWW
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: high
Description: Mexican equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to domestic growth, currency moves, trade links, remittances, and nearshoring activity.

Allowed option:
ID: SOUTH_AFRICA
Name: South Africa Equities
Symbol: EZA
Asset class: equity
Category: country_equity
Group: country_equity
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: South African equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to resources, domestic policy, currency moves, power availability, and emerging-market flows.

Allowed option:
ID: MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS
Name: Agency Mortgage-Backed Bonds
Symbol: MBB
Asset class: bond
Category: securitized_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US agency mortgage-backed securities exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, prepayment behavior, mortgage spreads, and housing finance conditions.

Allowed option:
ID: MUNICIPAL_BONDS
Name: Municipal Bonds
Symbol: MUB
Asset class: bond
Category: municipal_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: low
Description: US municipal bond exposure. Sensitive to rates, state and local credit conditions, fund flows, and tax-exempt fixed-income demand.

Allowed option:
ID: EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS
Name: Emerging Market USD Bonds
Symbol: EMB
Asset class: bond
Category: emerging_market_debt
Group: credit
Risk bucket: high
Description: US dollar emerging-market bond exposure. Sensitive to sovereign spreads, US rates, currency stress, commodity cycles, and global risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: INTERNATIONAL_BONDS
Name: International Aggregate Bonds
Symbol: BNDX
Asset class: bond
Category: international_bonds
Group: bonds_and_rates
Risk bucket: medium
Description: International investment-grade bond exposure. Sensitive to global rates, currency hedging, regional credit conditions, and non-US monetary policy.

Allowed option:
ID: SILVER
Name: Silver
Symbol: SLV
Asset class: commodity
Category: precious_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Silver exposure through a listed trust. Sensitive to precious-metals demand, industrial usage, real rates, US dollar moves, and inflation expectations.

Allowed option:
ID: COPPER
Name: Copper
Symbol: CPER
Asset class: commodity
Category: industrial_metals
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Copper exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to industrial demand, China-linked growth, supply conditions, inventories, and electrification themes.

Allowed option:
ID: AGRICULTURE
Name: Agriculture Commodities
Symbol: DBA
Asset class: commodity
Category: agriculture
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: high
Description: Agricultural commodity exposure through a diversified exchange-traded product. Sensitive to weather, crop conditions, global demand, inventories, and currency moves.

Allowed option:
ID: OIL
Name: Crude Oil
Symbol: USO
Asset class: commodity
Category: energy_commodities
Group: commodities
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Crude oil exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to supply, demand, inventories, OPEC policy, geopolitical risk, and futures-curve structure.

Allowed option:
ID: US_DOLLAR
Name: US Dollar
Symbol: UUP
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: medium
Description: US dollar currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to relative rates, global risk appetite, trade balances, and reserve-currency demand.

Allowed option:
ID: EURO
Name: Euro
Symbol: FXE
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: medium
Description: Euro currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to European rates, growth, fiscal policy, energy conditions, and US dollar movements.

Allowed option:
ID: YEN
Name: Japanese Yen
Symbol: FXY
Asset class: currency
Category: currency
Group: currencies
Risk bucket: high
Description: Japanese yen currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to Japanese monetary policy, rate differentials, carry trades, and safe-haven demand.

Allowed option:
ID: BITCOIN_ETF
Name: Bitcoin ETF
Symbol: IBIT
Asset class: crypto_proxy
Category: crypto_asset
Group: crypto_proxies
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Bitcoin exposure through a US-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, regulation, liquidity, rates, and risk appetite.

Allowed option:
ID: ETHEREUM_ETF
Name: Ethereum ETF
Symbol: ETHA
Asset class: crypto_proxy
Category: crypto_asset
Group: crypto_proxies
Risk bucket: very_high
Description: Ethereum exposure through a US-listed spot Ethereum exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, network activity, regulation, liquidity, and risk appetite.
Source Options YAML options.yaml
options:
  - id: CASH
    name: Cash / Do Not Invest
    symbol: null
    tiingo_symbol: null
    asset_class: cash
    category: cash
    option_group: cash
    risk_bucket: cash
    currency: USD
    is_cash: true
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Cash position with no market exposure. Return is treated as 0 unless a round explicitly defines a cash yield proxy."

  - id: SHORT_TREASURY
    name: Short-Term Treasury Bills
    symbol: BIL
    tiingo_symbol: BIL
    asset_class: cash_like
    category: treasury_bills
    option_group: cash_and_short_duration
    risk_bucket: low
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Short-term US Treasury bill exposure. Typically used as a cash-like proxy with low duration risk."

  - id: SP500
    name: S&P 500
    symbol: SPY
    tiingo_symbol: SPY
    asset_class: equity
    category: broad_us_equity
    option_group: us_broad_market
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    is_benchmark: true
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Broad US large-cap equity exposure. Represents large publicly traded US companies across multiple sectors."

  - id: TOTAL_US_MARKET
    name: Total US Stock Market
    symbol: VTI
    tiingo_symbol: VTI
    asset_class: equity
    category: broad_us_equity
    option_group: us_broad_market
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Broad exposure to the total US equity market, including large-, mid-, and small-cap companies. Useful as a diversified US equity proxy."

  - id: NASDAQ100
    name: Nasdaq 100
    symbol: QQQ
    tiingo_symbol: QQQ
    asset_class: equity
    category: growth_equity
    option_group: us_growth_and_technology
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Large-cap, growth-oriented US equity exposure with heavy weights in technology and communication services. Sensitive to mega-cap earnings, rates, and growth-stock sentiment."

  - id: LARGE_GROWTH
    name: US Large-Cap Growth
    symbol: IWF
    tiingo_symbol: IWF
    asset_class: equity
    category: style_factor
    option_group: us_style_factor
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US large-cap growth stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with higher expected growth, higher valuations, and greater sensitivity to interest rates."

  - id: LARGE_VALUE
    name: US Large-Cap Value
    symbol: IWD
    tiingo_symbol: IWD
    asset_class: equity
    category: style_factor
    option_group: us_style_factor
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US large-cap value stock exposure. Often tilted toward companies with lower valuation multiples, dividends, financials, energy, and cyclical sectors."

  - id: MID_CAP
    name: US Mid-Cap Stocks
    symbol: IJH
    tiingo_symbol: IJH
    asset_class: equity
    category: size_factor
    option_group: us_size_factor
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US mid-cap equity exposure. Represents companies between large caps and small caps, with sensitivity to domestic growth, financing conditions, and risk appetite."

  - id: SMALL_CAP
    name: US Small-Cap Stocks
    symbol: IWM
    tiingo_symbol: IWM
    asset_class: equity
    category: size_factor
    option_group: us_size_factor
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US small-cap equity exposure. Often more sensitive to domestic economic growth, credit conditions, rates, and market risk appetite."

  - id: SMALL_VALUE
    name: US Small-Cap Value
    symbol: IWN
    tiingo_symbol: IWN
    asset_class: equity
    category: style_and_size_factor
    option_group: us_style_factor
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US small-cap value equity exposure. Combines smaller company exposure with value-oriented characteristics."

  - id: DIVIDEND
    name: US Dividend Equities
    symbol: SCHD
    tiingo_symbol: SCHD
    asset_class: equity
    category: dividend_equity
    option_group: us_factor_equity
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US dividend-oriented equity exposure. Often tilted toward profitable, mature companies with dividend histories."

  - id: LOW_VOL
    name: US Low Volatility Equities
    symbol: SPLV
    tiingo_symbol: SPLV
    asset_class: equity
    category: low_volatility_factor
    option_group: us_factor_equity
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US equity exposure focused on historically lower-volatility stocks. Often used as a defensive equity factor proxy."

  - id: MOMENTUM
    name: US Momentum Equities
    symbol: MTUM
    tiingo_symbol: MTUM
    asset_class: equity
    category: momentum_factor
    option_group: us_factor_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US equity exposure tilted toward stocks with stronger recent price momentum. Sensitive to trend persistence and factor rotations."

  - id: TECHNOLOGY
    name: Technology Sector
    symbol: XLK
    tiingo_symbol: XLK
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US technology sector exposure within large-cap equities. Includes software, hardware, semiconductors, and technology services companies."

  - id: COMMUNICATIONS
    name: Communication Services Sector
    symbol: XLC
    tiingo_symbol: XLC
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US communication services sector exposure. Includes large internet platforms, media, telecom, and entertainment companies."

  - id: CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY
    name: Consumer Discretionary Sector
    symbol: XLY
    tiingo_symbol: XLY
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US consumer discretionary sector exposure. Sensitive to consumer spending, employment, credit conditions, and household confidence."

  - id: CONSUMER_STAPLES
    name: Consumer Staples Sector
    symbol: XLP
    tiingo_symbol: XLP
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US consumer staples sector exposure. Includes companies selling essential consumer products and is often considered a defensive equity sector."

  - id: HEALTHCARE
    name: Healthcare Sector
    symbol: XLV
    tiingo_symbol: XLV
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US healthcare sector exposure. Includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare services, and insurers."

  - id: FINANCIALS
    name: Financials Sector
    symbol: XLF
    tiingo_symbol: XLF
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US financial sector exposure. Includes banks, insurers, capital markets firms, and financial services companies."

  - id: INDUSTRIALS
    name: Industrials Sector
    symbol: XLI
    tiingo_symbol: XLI
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US industrial sector exposure. Includes aerospace, machinery, transportation, logistics, and industrial services companies."

  - id: ENERGY
    name: Energy Sector
    symbol: XLE
    tiingo_symbol: XLE
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US energy sector exposure. Sensitive to oil and gas prices, production trends, geopolitics, and capital discipline."

  - id: MATERIALS
    name: Materials Sector
    symbol: XLB
    tiingo_symbol: XLB
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US materials sector exposure. Includes chemicals, metals, mining, packaging, and construction materials companies."

  - id: UTILITIES
    name: Utilities Sector
    symbol: XLU
    tiingo_symbol: XLU
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US utilities sector exposure. Often sensitive to interest rates, electricity demand, regulation, and defensive equity flows."

  - id: REAL_ESTATE
    name: Real Estate Sector
    symbol: XLRE
    tiingo_symbol: XLRE
    asset_class: equity
    category: us_sector
    option_group: us_sector
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US listed real estate equity exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, property fundamentals, credit conditions, and real estate valuations."

  - id: INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY
    name: Intermediate-Term US Treasury Bonds
    symbol: IEF
    tiingo_symbol: IEF
    asset_class: bond
    category: treasury_duration
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Intermediate-duration US Treasury bond exposure. Sensitive to changes in interest rates, inflation expectations, and growth expectations."

  - id: LONG_TREASURY
    name: Long-Term US Treasury Bonds
    symbol: TLT
    tiingo_symbol: TLT
    asset_class: bond
    category: treasury_duration
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Long-duration US Treasury bond exposure. More sensitive to interest-rate changes than shorter-duration bond funds."

  - id: TIPS
    name: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
    symbol: TIP
    tiingo_symbol: TIP
    asset_class: bond
    category: inflation_linked_bonds
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US Treasury inflation-protected bond exposure. Sensitive to real interest rates and inflation expectations."

  - id: INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT
    name: Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
    symbol: LQD
    tiingo_symbol: LQD
    asset_class: bond
    category: corporate_credit
    option_group: credit
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US investment-grade corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, credit spreads, and corporate balance-sheet conditions."

  - id: HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT
    name: High Yield Corporate Bonds
    symbol: HYG
    tiingo_symbol: HYG
    asset_class: bond
    category: corporate_credit
    option_group: credit
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US high-yield corporate bond exposure. Sensitive to credit spreads, default expectations, liquidity, and risk appetite."

  - id: AGGREGATE_BONDS
    name: US Aggregate Bond Market
    symbol: AGG
    tiingo_symbol: AGG
    asset_class: bond
    category: aggregate_bonds
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Broad US investment-grade bond market exposure. Includes Treasuries, agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate bonds."

  - id: DEVELOPED_EX_US
    name: Developed Markets ex-US
    symbol: VEA
    tiingo_symbol: VEA
    asset_class: equity
    category: international_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Developed-market equity exposure outside the United States. Includes regions such as Europe, Japan, Canada, and developed Asia-Pacific markets."

  - id: EMERGING_MARKETS
    name: Emerging Markets
    symbol: VWO
    tiingo_symbol: VWO
    asset_class: equity
    category: international_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Emerging-market equity exposure. Sensitive to global growth, currency moves, capital flows, commodity cycles, and country-specific policy risk."

  - id: EUROPE
    name: Europe Equities
    symbol: VGK
    tiingo_symbol: VGK
    asset_class: equity
    category: regional_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "European equity exposure. Sensitive to European growth, monetary policy, currency trends, energy costs, and regional earnings."

  - id: JAPAN
    name: Japan Equities
    symbol: EWJ
    tiingo_symbol: EWJ
    asset_class: equity
    category: regional_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Japanese equity exposure. Sensitive to Japanese corporate earnings, yen movements, monetary policy, and global trade conditions."

  - id: CHINA
    name: China Equities
    symbol: MCHI
    tiingo_symbol: MCHI
    asset_class: equity
    category: regional_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "China equity exposure through publicly traded Chinese companies. Sensitive to Chinese growth, policy actions, currency moves, and geopolitical risk."

  - id: INDIA
    name: India Equities
    symbol: INDA
    tiingo_symbol: INDA
    asset_class: equity
    category: regional_equity
    option_group: international_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Indian equity exposure. Sensitive to Indian economic growth, currency moves, domestic policy, valuations, and foreign capital flows."

  - id: GOLD
    name: Gold
    symbol: IAU
    tiingo_symbol: IAU
    asset_class: commodity
    category: precious_metals
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Gold exposure through a listed gold trust. Sensitive to real interest rates, US dollar strength, inflation expectations, and safe-haven demand."

  - id: BROAD_COMMODITIES
    name: Broad Commodities
    symbol: PDBC
    tiingo_symbol: PDBC
    asset_class: commodity
    category: broad_commodities
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Broad commodity exposure through a diversified commodity strategy ETF. Sensitive to energy, metals, agriculture, inflation expectations, and global demand."

  - id: SEMICONDUCTORS
    name: Semiconductors
    symbol: SMH
    tiingo_symbol: SMH
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: ai_and_technology
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Semiconductor equity exposure. Includes companies involved in chip design, manufacturing, equipment, and related supply chains."

  - id: SOFTWARE
    name: Software
    symbol: IGV
    tiingo_symbol: IGV
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: ai_and_technology
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Software equity exposure. Includes companies in application software, infrastructure software, and related technology services."

  - id: BROAD_AI_TECH
    name: Broad AI Technology
    symbol: AIQ
    tiingo_symbol: AIQ
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: ai_and_technology
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Broad artificial intelligence and technology equity exposure. Includes companies associated with AI applications, infrastructure, data, and related technology services."

  - id: AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS
    name: Autonomous Technology and Robotics
    symbol: ARKQ
    tiingo_symbol: ARKQ
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: ai_and_technology
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Autonomous technology and robotics equity exposure. Includes companies associated with automation, robotics, autonomous transport, energy storage, and related technology platforms."

  - id: CYBERSECURITY
    name: Cybersecurity
    symbol: CIBR
    tiingo_symbol: CIBR
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: ai_and_technology
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Cybersecurity equity exposure. Includes companies providing network security, identity, endpoint, cloud security, and related cybersecurity products and services."

  - id: SOLAR
    name: Solar Energy
    symbol: TAN
    tiingo_symbol: TAN
    asset_class: equity
    category: thematic_equity
    option_group: clean_energy
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Solar energy equity exposure. Includes companies associated with solar power equipment, development, installation, and related clean-energy supply chains."

  - id: METALS_MINING
    name: Metals and Mining
    symbol: XME
    tiingo_symbol: XME
    asset_class: equity
    category: commodity_equity
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Metals and mining equity exposure. Includes companies involved in steel, aluminum, precious metals, coal, copper, and diversified mining industries."

  - id: EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500
    name: Equal-Weight S&P 500
    symbol: RSP
    tiingo_symbol: RSP
    asset_class: equity
    category: broad_us_equity
    option_group: us_broad_market
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Equal-weight US large-cap equity exposure. Reduces concentration in the largest S&P 500 constituents compared with market-cap weighting."

  - id: BIOTECH
    name: Biotechnology
    symbol: XBI
    tiingo_symbol: XBI
    asset_class: equity
    category: industry_equity
    option_group: healthcare_and_biotech
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US biotechnology equity exposure. Sensitive to clinical data, financing conditions, regulation, mergers, and risk appetite."

  - id: REGIONAL_BANKS
    name: Regional Banks
    symbol: KRE
    tiingo_symbol: KRE
    asset_class: equity
    category: industry_equity
    option_group: us_industry
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US regional bank equity exposure. Sensitive to deposit trends, credit quality, yield curves, regulation, and commercial real estate conditions."

  - id: AEROSPACE_DEFENSE
    name: Aerospace and Defense
    symbol: ITA
    tiingo_symbol: ITA
    asset_class: equity
    category: industry_equity
    option_group: us_industry
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US aerospace and defense equity exposure. Sensitive to defense budgets, aircraft demand, supply chains, and geopolitical risk."

  - id: CANADA
    name: Canada Equities
    symbol: EWC
    tiingo_symbol: EWC
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Canadian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to financials, energy, materials, domestic growth, and Canadian dollar conditions."

  - id: UNITED_KINGDOM
    name: United Kingdom Equities
    symbol: EWU
    tiingo_symbol: EWU
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "United Kingdom equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to sterling, UK growth, global financials, energy, and dividend-oriented sectors."

  - id: AUSTRALIA
    name: Australia Equities
    symbol: EWA
    tiingo_symbol: EWA
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Australian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to banks, materials, commodity demand, China-linked growth, and Australian dollar conditions."

  - id: SOUTH_KOREA
    name: South Korea Equities
    symbol: EWY
    tiingo_symbol: EWY
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "South Korean equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductors, exports, won movements, global trade, and regional geopolitics."

  - id: TAIWAN
    name: Taiwan Equities
    symbol: EWT
    tiingo_symbol: EWT
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Taiwan equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to semiconductor supply chains, global electronics demand, currency movements, and geopolitical risk."

  - id: BRAZIL
    name: Brazil Equities
    symbol: EWZ
    tiingo_symbol: EWZ
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Brazilian equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to commodities, rates, fiscal policy, currency moves, and emerging-market capital flows."

  - id: MEXICO
    name: Mexico Equities
    symbol: EWW
    tiingo_symbol: EWW
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Mexican equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to domestic growth, currency moves, trade links, remittances, and nearshoring activity."

  - id: SOUTH_AFRICA
    name: South Africa Equities
    symbol: EZA
    tiingo_symbol: EZA
    asset_class: equity
    category: country_equity
    option_group: country_equity
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "South African equity exposure through US-listed shares. Sensitive to resources, domestic policy, currency moves, power availability, and emerging-market flows."

  - id: MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS
    name: Agency Mortgage-Backed Bonds
    symbol: MBB
    tiingo_symbol: MBB
    asset_class: bond
    category: securitized_bonds
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US agency mortgage-backed securities exposure. Sensitive to interest rates, prepayment behavior, mortgage spreads, and housing finance conditions."

  - id: MUNICIPAL_BONDS
    name: Municipal Bonds
    symbol: MUB
    tiingo_symbol: MUB
    asset_class: bond
    category: municipal_bonds
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: low
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US municipal bond exposure. Sensitive to rates, state and local credit conditions, fund flows, and tax-exempt fixed-income demand."

  - id: EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS
    name: Emerging Market USD Bonds
    symbol: EMB
    tiingo_symbol: EMB
    asset_class: bond
    category: emerging_market_debt
    option_group: credit
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US dollar emerging-market bond exposure. Sensitive to sovereign spreads, US rates, currency stress, commodity cycles, and global risk appetite."

  - id: INTERNATIONAL_BONDS
    name: International Aggregate Bonds
    symbol: BNDX
    tiingo_symbol: BNDX
    asset_class: bond
    category: international_bonds
    option_group: bonds_and_rates
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "International investment-grade bond exposure. Sensitive to global rates, currency hedging, regional credit conditions, and non-US monetary policy."

  - id: SILVER
    name: Silver
    symbol: SLV
    tiingo_symbol: SLV
    asset_class: commodity
    category: precious_metals
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Silver exposure through a listed trust. Sensitive to precious-metals demand, industrial usage, real rates, US dollar moves, and inflation expectations."

  - id: COPPER
    name: Copper
    symbol: CPER
    tiingo_symbol: CPER
    asset_class: commodity
    category: industrial_metals
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Copper exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to industrial demand, China-linked growth, supply conditions, inventories, and electrification themes."

  - id: AGRICULTURE
    name: Agriculture Commodities
    symbol: DBA
    tiingo_symbol: DBA
    asset_class: commodity
    category: agriculture
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Agricultural commodity exposure through a diversified exchange-traded product. Sensitive to weather, crop conditions, global demand, inventories, and currency moves."

  - id: OIL
    name: Crude Oil
    symbol: USO
    tiingo_symbol: USO
    asset_class: commodity
    category: energy_commodities
    option_group: commodities
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Crude oil exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to supply, demand, inventories, OPEC policy, geopolitical risk, and futures-curve structure."

  - id: US_DOLLAR
    name: US Dollar
    symbol: UUP
    tiingo_symbol: UUP
    asset_class: currency
    category: currency
    option_group: currencies
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "US dollar currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to relative rates, global risk appetite, trade balances, and reserve-currency demand."

  - id: EURO
    name: Euro
    symbol: FXE
    tiingo_symbol: FXE
    asset_class: currency
    category: currency
    option_group: currencies
    risk_bucket: medium
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Euro currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to European rates, growth, fiscal policy, energy conditions, and US dollar movements."

  - id: YEN
    name: Japanese Yen
    symbol: FXY
    tiingo_symbol: FXY
    asset_class: currency
    category: currency
    option_group: currencies
    risk_bucket: high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Japanese yen currency exposure through an exchange-traded product. Sensitive to Japanese monetary policy, rate differentials, carry trades, and safe-haven demand."

  - id: BITCOIN_ETF
    name: Bitcoin ETF
    symbol: IBIT
    tiingo_symbol: IBIT
    asset_class: crypto_proxy
    category: crypto_asset
    option_group: crypto_proxies
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Bitcoin exposure through a US-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, regulation, liquidity, rates, and risk appetite."

  - id: ETHEREUM_ETF
    name: Ethereum ETF
    symbol: ETHA
    tiingo_symbol: ETHA
    asset_class: crypto_proxy
    category: crypto_asset
    option_group: crypto_proxies
    risk_bucket: very_high
    currency: USD
    is_cash: false
    include_in_universe: true
    exposure_description: "Ethereum exposure through a US-listed spot Ethereum exchange-traded product. Sensitive to digital-asset flows, network activity, regulation, liquidity, and risk appetite."
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Per-Model Prompt Suffixes 5 model calls
Claude Opus 4.7
For this specific call, return only JSON using exactly these identifiers:
- round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- model_id: anthropic-claude-opus-4-7
- provider: anthropic
- mode: closed_capability
- allowed portfolio option_id values: CASH, SHORT_TREASURY, SP500, TOTAL_US_MARKET, NASDAQ100, LARGE_GROWTH, LARGE_VALUE, MID_CAP, SMALL_CAP, SMALL_VALUE, DIVIDEND, LOW_VOL, MOMENTUM, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER_STAPLES, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, INDUSTRIALS, ENERGY, MATERIALS, UTILITIES, REAL_ESTATE, INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY, LONG_TREASURY, TIPS, INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT, HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT, AGGREGATE_BONDS, DEVELOPED_EX_US, EMERGING_MARKETS, EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GOLD, BROAD_COMMODITIES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOFTWARE, BROAD_AI_TECH, AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, SOLAR, METALS_MINING, EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500, BIOTECH, REGIONAL_BANKS, AEROSPACE_DEFENSE, CANADA, UNITED_KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH_KOREA, TAIWAN, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH_AFRICA, MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS, MUNICIPAL_BONDS, EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS, INTERNATIONAL_BONDS, SILVER, COPPER, AGRICULTURE, OIL, US_DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, BITCOIN_ETF, ETHEREUM_ETF
Claude Opus 4.8
For this specific call, return only JSON using exactly these identifiers:
- round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- model_id: anthropic-claude-opus-4-8
- provider: anthropic
- mode: closed_capability
- allowed portfolio option_id values: CASH, SHORT_TREASURY, SP500, TOTAL_US_MARKET, NASDAQ100, LARGE_GROWTH, LARGE_VALUE, MID_CAP, SMALL_CAP, SMALL_VALUE, DIVIDEND, LOW_VOL, MOMENTUM, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER_STAPLES, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, INDUSTRIALS, ENERGY, MATERIALS, UTILITIES, REAL_ESTATE, INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY, LONG_TREASURY, TIPS, INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT, HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT, AGGREGATE_BONDS, DEVELOPED_EX_US, EMERGING_MARKETS, EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GOLD, BROAD_COMMODITIES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOFTWARE, BROAD_AI_TECH, AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, SOLAR, METALS_MINING, EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500, BIOTECH, REGIONAL_BANKS, AEROSPACE_DEFENSE, CANADA, UNITED_KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH_KOREA, TAIWAN, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH_AFRICA, MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS, MUNICIPAL_BONDS, EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS, INTERNATIONAL_BONDS, SILVER, COPPER, AGRICULTURE, OIL, US_DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, BITCOIN_ETF, ETHEREUM_ETF
Gemini 3.1 Pro
For this specific call, return only JSON using exactly these identifiers:
- round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- model_id: google-gemini-3-1-pro
- provider: google
- mode: closed_capability
- allowed portfolio option_id values: CASH, SHORT_TREASURY, SP500, TOTAL_US_MARKET, NASDAQ100, LARGE_GROWTH, LARGE_VALUE, MID_CAP, SMALL_CAP, SMALL_VALUE, DIVIDEND, LOW_VOL, MOMENTUM, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER_STAPLES, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, INDUSTRIALS, ENERGY, MATERIALS, UTILITIES, REAL_ESTATE, INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY, LONG_TREASURY, TIPS, INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT, HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT, AGGREGATE_BONDS, DEVELOPED_EX_US, EMERGING_MARKETS, EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GOLD, BROAD_COMMODITIES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOFTWARE, BROAD_AI_TECH, AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, SOLAR, METALS_MINING, EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500, BIOTECH, REGIONAL_BANKS, AEROSPACE_DEFENSE, CANADA, UNITED_KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH_KOREA, TAIWAN, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH_AFRICA, MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS, MUNICIPAL_BONDS, EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS, INTERNATIONAL_BONDS, SILVER, COPPER, AGRICULTURE, OIL, US_DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, BITCOIN_ETF, ETHEREUM_ETF
GPT-5.5
For this specific call, return only JSON using exactly these identifiers:
- round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- model_id: openai-gpt-5-5
- provider: openai
- mode: closed_capability
- allowed portfolio option_id values: CASH, SHORT_TREASURY, SP500, TOTAL_US_MARKET, NASDAQ100, LARGE_GROWTH, LARGE_VALUE, MID_CAP, SMALL_CAP, SMALL_VALUE, DIVIDEND, LOW_VOL, MOMENTUM, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER_STAPLES, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, INDUSTRIALS, ENERGY, MATERIALS, UTILITIES, REAL_ESTATE, INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY, LONG_TREASURY, TIPS, INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT, HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT, AGGREGATE_BONDS, DEVELOPED_EX_US, EMERGING_MARKETS, EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GOLD, BROAD_COMMODITIES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOFTWARE, BROAD_AI_TECH, AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, SOLAR, METALS_MINING, EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500, BIOTECH, REGIONAL_BANKS, AEROSPACE_DEFENSE, CANADA, UNITED_KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH_KOREA, TAIWAN, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH_AFRICA, MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS, MUNICIPAL_BONDS, EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS, INTERNATIONAL_BONDS, SILVER, COPPER, AGRICULTURE, OIL, US_DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, BITCOIN_ETF, ETHEREUM_ETF
Grok 4.3
For this specific call, return only JSON using exactly these identifiers:
- round_id: CB-2026-05-29-1W
- model_id: xai-grok-4-3
- provider: xai
- mode: closed_capability
- allowed portfolio option_id values: CASH, SHORT_TREASURY, SP500, TOTAL_US_MARKET, NASDAQ100, LARGE_GROWTH, LARGE_VALUE, MID_CAP, SMALL_CAP, SMALL_VALUE, DIVIDEND, LOW_VOL, MOMENTUM, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER_STAPLES, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIALS, INDUSTRIALS, ENERGY, MATERIALS, UTILITIES, REAL_ESTATE, INTERMEDIATE_TREASURY, LONG_TREASURY, TIPS, INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT, HIGH_YIELD_CREDIT, AGGREGATE_BONDS, DEVELOPED_EX_US, EMERGING_MARKETS, EUROPE, JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GOLD, BROAD_COMMODITIES, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOFTWARE, BROAD_AI_TECH, AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, SOLAR, METALS_MINING, EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500, BIOTECH, REGIONAL_BANKS, AEROSPACE_DEFENSE, CANADA, UNITED_KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH_KOREA, TAIWAN, BRAZIL, MEXICO, SOUTH_AFRICA, MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDS, MUNICIPAL_BONDS, EMERGING_MARKET_BONDS, INTERNATIONAL_BONDS, SILVER, COPPER, AGRICULTURE, OIL, US_DOLLAR, EURO, YEN, BITCOIN_ETF, ETHEREUM_ETF
Parsed provider responses

Model Outputs

These are the validated JSON submissions used by CapitalBench. Raw provider response text remains excluded from the public site.

Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.7

anthropic-claude-opus-4-7

5 holdings US Momentum Equities (MTUM)
MTUM 25% SMH 25% AIQ 20% IAU 15% EWT 15%
Confidence
0.55
Run Type
official
Rationale

Tilt toward momentum/AI-tech complex where price and earnings trends are strongest, with a gold hedge against sticky inflation and weak sentiment ahead of NFP on June 5.

Concentrated in momentum and AI/semis leadership riding strong trend, complemented by gold as inflation/risk hedge.

Portfolio
  • US Momentum Equities (MTUM): 25% - Strong trend persistence with +4% week and +13.7% month, riding tech leadership into a benign macro week.
  • Semiconductors (SMH): 25% - Powerful momentum (+70% 6m, Q1 chip sales +25% QoQ) with continued AI capex tailwinds.
  • Broad AI Technology (AIQ): 20% - Broad AI exposure with strong momentum (+7.2% week) diversifies single-industry risk within the tech theme.
  • Gold (IAU): 15% - Hedge against sticky inflation (CPI 3.8%, PPI 6%) and weak consumer sentiment; softer dollar supportive.
  • Taiwan Equities (EWT): 15% - Semis supply-chain leverage with strong momentum into a tech-friendly week.
Key Risks
  • Hot May NFP (June 5) could spike yields and hit growth/tech multiples
  • Momentum reversal/factor rotation into value or defensives
  • Geopolitical Taiwan headline risk
  • Gold pullback on stronger dollar or risk-on continuation
Validated JSON
{
  "confidence": 0.55,
  "is_official_score": true,
  "key_risks": [
    "Hot May NFP (June 5) could spike yields and hit growth/tech multiples",
    "Momentum reversal/factor rotation into value or defensives",
    "Geopolitical Taiwan headline risk",
    "Gold pullback on stronger dollar or risk-on continuation"
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "model_id": "anthropic-claude-opus-4-7",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "MOMENTUM",
      "rationale": "Strong trend persistence with +4% week and +13.7% month, riding tech leadership into a benign macro week."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "SEMICONDUCTORS",
      "rationale": "Powerful momentum (+70% 6m, Q1 chip sales +25% QoQ) with continued AI capex tailwinds."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "BROAD_AI_TECH",
      "rationale": "Broad AI exposure with strong momentum (+7.2% week) diversifies single-industry risk within the tech theme."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 15,
      "option_id": "GOLD",
      "rationale": "Hedge against sticky inflation (CPI 3.8%, PPI 6%) and weak consumer sentiment; softer dollar supportive."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 15,
      "option_id": "TAIWAN",
      "rationale": "Semis supply-chain leverage with strong momentum into a tech-friendly week."
    }
  ],
  "portfolio_rationale": "Tilt toward momentum/AI-tech complex where price and earnings trends are strongest, with a gold hedge against sticky inflation and weak sentiment ahead of NFP on June 5.",
  "provider": "anthropic",
  "rationale_summary": "Concentrated in momentum and AI/semis leadership riding strong trend, complemented by gold as inflation/risk hedge.",
  "replicate_count": 1,
  "replicate_index": 1,
  "round_id": "CB-2026-05-29-1W",
  "run_type": "official",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 25544,
    "latency_seconds": 11.422297505021561,
    "output_tokens": 653,
    "total_tokens": 26197
  }
}
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

anthropic-claude-opus-4-8

5 holdings Semiconductors (SMH)
SMH 30% XLK 25% MTUM 20% IGV 15% SPY 10%
Confidence
0.55
Run Type
official
Rationale

Tilt into the leading AI/tech/momentum complex which has firm fundamental support (chip sales, software pricing, low vol) while anchoring partly to SP500 to manage benchmark-relative risk around the June 5 payrolls print.

Overweight semis, tech, software and momentum given AI capex strength and benign macro; SP500 anchor limits downside vs benchmark.

Portfolio
  • Semiconductors (SMH): 30% - Strong momentum, 25% QoQ global chip sales growth, AI capex tailwind likely to persist into exit close.
  • Technology Sector (XLK): 25% - Tech sector leading with strong breadth; low VIX and soft inflation support growth.
  • US Momentum Equities (MTUM): 20% - Momentum factor leading with persistent trend, benign macro backdrop favors continuation.
  • Software (IGV): 15% - Software prices rising sharply; strong recent momentum with room to run after lagging.
  • S&P 500 (SPY): 10% - Benchmark anchor to limit tracking error given jobs report risk on June 5.
Key Risks
  • June 5 May payrolls surprise could trigger sharp rate-driven rotation out of high-beta growth/tech.
  • Concentrated AI/tech exposure means a single-week factor reversal or megacap drawdown hits the whole book.
  • Sticky CPI (3.8% YoY) and hot PPI could revive rate fears and compress high-multiple growth names.
Validated JSON
{
  "confidence": 0.55,
  "is_official_score": true,
  "key_risks": [
    "June 5 May payrolls surprise could trigger sharp rate-driven rotation out of high-beta growth/tech.",
    "Concentrated AI/tech exposure means a single-week factor reversal or megacap drawdown hits the whole book.",
    "Sticky CPI (3.8% YoY) and hot PPI could revive rate fears and compress high-multiple growth names."
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "model_id": "anthropic-claude-opus-4-8",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "allocation_pct": 30,
      "option_id": "SEMICONDUCTORS",
      "rationale": "Strong momentum, 25% QoQ global chip sales growth, AI capex tailwind likely to persist into exit close."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "TECHNOLOGY",
      "rationale": "Tech sector leading with strong breadth; low VIX and soft inflation support growth."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "MOMENTUM",
      "rationale": "Momentum factor leading with persistent trend, benign macro backdrop favors continuation."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 15,
      "option_id": "SOFTWARE",
      "rationale": "Software prices rising sharply; strong recent momentum with room to run after lagging."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 10,
      "option_id": "SP500",
      "rationale": "Benchmark anchor to limit tracking error given jobs report risk on June 5."
    }
  ],
  "portfolio_rationale": "Tilt into the leading AI/tech/momentum complex which has firm fundamental support (chip sales, software pricing, low vol) while anchoring partly to SP500 to manage benchmark-relative risk around the June 5 payrolls print.",
  "provider": "anthropic",
  "rationale_summary": "Overweight semis, tech, software and momentum given AI capex strength and benign macro; SP500 anchor limits downside vs benchmark.",
  "replicate_count": 1,
  "replicate_index": 1,
  "round_id": "CB-2026-05-29-1W",
  "run_type": "official",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 25539,
    "latency_seconds": 12.89471252297517,
    "output_tokens": 658,
    "total_tokens": 26197
  }
}
Google

Gemini 3.1 Pro

google-gemini-3-1-pro

4 holdings Semiconductors (SMH)
SMH 30% AIQ 30% XLK 20% QQQ 20%
Confidence
0.65
Run Type
official
Rationale

This portfolio is heavily tilted toward technology, semiconductors, and AI to capitalize on strong prevailing momentum and robust fundamental data in the chip sector over a short one-week horizon. The allocation aims to outperform the S&P 500 by taking on higher beta and concentration risk in the market's leading sectors.

Overweighting high-momentum technology and semiconductor sectors to maximize short-term relative returns against the S&P 500.

Portfolio
  • Semiconductors (SMH): 30% - Strong momentum and fundamental support from a 25% quarter-over-quarter increase in global chip sales.
  • Broad AI Technology (AIQ): 30% - Captures the ongoing AI theme which has shown persistent strength and high beta relative to the broader market.
  • Technology Sector (XLK): 20% - Provides broad exposure to the tech sector, which continues to lead market returns.
  • Nasdaq 100 (QQQ): 20% - Offers diversified mega-cap growth exposure to anchor the high-beta thematic allocations.
Key Risks
  • A hotter-than-expected May Employment Situation report on June 5 could spike yields and disproportionately hurt high-valuation tech stocks.
  • Weak ISM Manufacturing or Services data could trigger a sudden growth scare, leading to a sharp rotation out of high-beta tech into defensive sectors.
  • Extreme concentration in technology exposes the portfolio to severe underperformance if the current momentum trend abruptly reverses.
Validated JSON
{
  "confidence": 0.65,
  "is_official_score": true,
  "key_risks": [
    "A hotter-than-expected May Employment Situation report on June 5 could spike yields and disproportionately hurt high-valuation tech stocks.",
    "Weak ISM Manufacturing or Services data could trigger a sudden growth scare, leading to a sharp rotation out of high-beta tech into defensive sectors.",
    "Extreme concentration in technology exposes the portfolio to severe underperformance if the current momentum trend abruptly reverses."
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "model_id": "google-gemini-3-1-pro",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "allocation_pct": 30,
      "option_id": "SEMICONDUCTORS",
      "rationale": "Strong momentum and fundamental support from a 25% quarter-over-quarter increase in global chip sales."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 30,
      "option_id": "BROAD_AI_TECH",
      "rationale": "Captures the ongoing AI theme which has shown persistent strength and high beta relative to the broader market."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "TECHNOLOGY",
      "rationale": "Provides broad exposure to the tech sector, which continues to lead market returns."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "NASDAQ100",
      "rationale": "Offers diversified mega-cap growth exposure to anchor the high-beta thematic allocations."
    }
  ],
  "portfolio_rationale": "This portfolio is heavily tilted toward technology, semiconductors, and AI to capitalize on strong prevailing momentum and robust fundamental data in the chip sector over a short one-week horizon. The allocation aims to outperform the S&P 500 by taking on higher beta and concentration risk in the market's leading sectors.",
  "provider": "google",
  "rationale_summary": "Overweighting high-momentum technology and semiconductor sectors to maximize short-term relative returns against the S&P 500.",
  "replicate_count": 1,
  "replicate_index": 1,
  "round_id": "CB-2026-05-29-1W",
  "run_type": "official",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 17635,
    "latency_seconds": 10.5214258999913,
    "output_tokens": 508,
    "reasoning_tokens": 524,
    "total_tokens": 18667
  }
}
OpenAI

GPT-5.5

openai-gpt-5-5

5 holdings Software (IGV)
IGV 30% AIQ 25% SMH 20% XLK 15% EWY 10%
Confidence
0.58
Run Type
official
Rationale

The portfolio is concentrated in the strongest one-week and one-month momentum areas, especially AI, software, semiconductors, and Korea-linked technology. With volatility still moderate and financial conditions easy, trend persistence over a one-week window appears more attractive than defensive positioning despite macro event risk.

I favor high-beta technology and AI momentum over the S&P 500 for the close-to-close week. The allocation seeks to exploit recent leadership while spreading exposure across software, chips, broad tech, and Korea semiconductor beta.

Portfolio
  • Software (IGV): 30% - Strongest short-term relative momentum among liquid technology themes, with recent 7-day and 30-day gains suggesting continued risk-on rotation into software.
  • Broad AI Technology (AIQ): 25% - Broad AI technology exposure captures the dominant growth and momentum theme while diversifying beyond a single subsector.
  • Semiconductors (SMH): 20% - Semiconductor sales data were strong and the group retains high AI-linked earnings sensitivity, supported by robust trailing momentum.
  • Technology Sector (XLK): 15% - Large-cap technology provides liquid beta to the same leadership trend with somewhat broader diversification than thematic funds.
  • South Korea Equities (EWY): 10% - South Korea showed exceptional recent momentum and offers leveraged exposure to global semiconductor and export sentiment.
Key Risks
  • A hot June 5 employment report or stronger ISM data could push yields higher and trigger a growth-stock selloff before the exit close.
  • Recent high-beta technology and Korea gains could reverse sharply due to profit-taking after strong trailing returns.
  • Any negative AI, semiconductor, or mega-cap technology news could disproportionately hurt the concentrated thematic exposure.
  • A risk-off move from weak macro data could cause the portfolio to underperform the broader S&P 500 due to higher beta.
Validated JSON
{
  "confidence": 0.58,
  "is_official_score": true,
  "key_risks": [
    "A hot June 5 employment report or stronger ISM data could push yields higher and trigger a growth-stock selloff before the exit close.",
    "Recent high-beta technology and Korea gains could reverse sharply due to profit-taking after strong trailing returns.",
    "Any negative AI, semiconductor, or mega-cap technology news could disproportionately hurt the concentrated thematic exposure.",
    "A risk-off move from weak macro data could cause the portfolio to underperform the broader S&P 500 due to higher beta."
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "model_id": "openai-gpt-5-5",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "allocation_pct": 30,
      "option_id": "SOFTWARE",
      "rationale": "Strongest short-term relative momentum among liquid technology themes, with recent 7-day and 30-day gains suggesting continued risk-on rotation into software."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "BROAD_AI_TECH",
      "rationale": "Broad AI technology exposure captures the dominant growth and momentum theme while diversifying beyond a single subsector."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "SEMICONDUCTORS",
      "rationale": "Semiconductor sales data were strong and the group retains high AI-linked earnings sensitivity, supported by robust trailing momentum."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 15,
      "option_id": "TECHNOLOGY",
      "rationale": "Large-cap technology provides liquid beta to the same leadership trend with somewhat broader diversification than thematic funds."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 10,
      "option_id": "SOUTH_KOREA",
      "rationale": "South Korea showed exceptional recent momentum and offers leveraged exposure to global semiconductor and export sentiment."
    }
  ],
  "portfolio_rationale": "The portfolio is concentrated in the strongest one-week and one-month momentum areas, especially AI, software, semiconductors, and Korea-linked technology. With volatility still moderate and financial conditions easy, trend persistence over a one-week window appears more attractive than defensive positioning despite macro event risk.",
  "provider": "openai",
  "rationale_summary": "I favor high-beta technology and AI momentum over the S&P 500 for the close-to-close week. The allocation seeks to exploit recent leadership while spreading exposure across software, chips, broad tech, and Korea semiconductor beta.",
  "replicate_count": 1,
  "replicate_index": 1,
  "round_id": "CB-2026-05-29-1W",
  "run_type": "official",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 15940,
    "latency_seconds": 15.217543325969018,
    "output_tokens": 586,
    "reasoning_tokens": 128,
    "total_tokens": 16526
  }
}
xAI

Grok 4.3

xai-grok-4-3

5 holdings US Momentum Equities (MTUM)
MTUM 25% XLK 25% SMH 20% AIQ 20% QQQ 10%
Confidence
0.55
Run Type
official
Rationale

Concentrated allocation to recent momentum and AI/tech leaders to capture continuation of 7d outperformance through the June 1-5 data releases.

Recent factor and sector returns plus semiconductor sales growth favor momentum and tech exposure over the one-week window ending June 5.

Portfolio
  • US Momentum Equities (MTUM): 25% - Strong 7d trailing return of 4.02% and factor persistence likely to continue into jobs and ISM releases.
  • Technology Sector (XLK): 25% - 5.89% 7d return plus semiconductor sales growth of 25% QoQ supports near-term momentum ahead of June data.
  • Semiconductors (SMH): 20% - Q1 global chip sales surge and 3.92% 7d return position sector for continued outperformance on positive macro prints.
  • Broad AI Technology (AIQ): 20% - 7.18% 7d return and software price acceleration indicate AI exposure benefits from short-term risk appetite.
  • Nasdaq 100 (QQQ): 10% - 2.89% 7d return provides concentrated growth tilt aligned with tech leadership into the scoring window.
Key Risks
  • May employment report on June 5 could trigger broad equity rotation if weaker than expected
  • ISM services and manufacturing releases on June 1-3 may disappoint given low consumer sentiment
  • Elevated inflation prints could pressure growth valuations if services data surprises hot
Validated JSON
{
  "confidence": 0.55,
  "is_official_score": true,
  "key_risks": [
    "May employment report on June 5 could trigger broad equity rotation if weaker than expected",
    "ISM services and manufacturing releases on June 1-3 may disappoint given low consumer sentiment",
    "Elevated inflation prints could pressure growth valuations if services data surprises hot"
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "mode": "closed_capability",
  "model_id": "xai-grok-4-3",
  "portfolio": [
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "MOMENTUM",
      "rationale": "Strong 7d trailing return of 4.02% and factor persistence likely to continue into jobs and ISM releases."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 25,
      "option_id": "TECHNOLOGY",
      "rationale": "5.89% 7d return plus semiconductor sales growth of 25% QoQ supports near-term momentum ahead of June data."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "SEMICONDUCTORS",
      "rationale": "Q1 global chip sales surge and 3.92% 7d return position sector for continued outperformance on positive macro prints."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 20,
      "option_id": "BROAD_AI_TECH",
      "rationale": "7.18% 7d return and software price acceleration indicate AI exposure benefits from short-term risk appetite."
    },
    {
      "allocation_pct": 10,
      "option_id": "NASDAQ100",
      "rationale": "2.89% 7d return provides concentrated growth tilt aligned with tech leadership into the scoring window."
    }
  ],
  "portfolio_rationale": "Concentrated allocation to recent momentum and AI/tech leaders to capture continuation of 7d outperformance through the June 1-5 data releases.",
  "provider": "xai",
  "rationale_summary": "Recent factor and sector returns plus semiconductor sales growth favor momentum and tech exposure over the one-week window ending June 5.",
  "replicate_count": 1,
  "replicate_index": 1,
  "round_id": "CB-2026-05-29-1W",
  "run_type": "official",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 15937,
    "latency_seconds": 6.703164446982555,
    "output_tokens": 465,
    "reasoning_tokens": 468,
    "total_tokens": 16870
  }
}
Public model run

Model Portfolios

This test used the portfolio format. The weights below are the submitted model portfolios. Expand a row to inspect rationale and risk lists without crowding the main table.

ModelProviderPortfolioConfidenceProtocol
Claude Opus 4.7
anthropic-claude-opus-4-7
Anthropic
MTUM25%SMH25%AIQ20%IAU15%EWT15%
0.55
Portfolio round
Claude Opus 4.8
anthropic-claude-opus-4-8
Anthropic
SMH30%XLK25%MTUM20%IGV15%SPY10%
0.55
Portfolio round
Gemini 3.1 Pro
google-gemini-3-1-pro
Google
SMH30%AIQ30%XLK20%QQQ20%
0.65
Portfolio round
GPT-5.5
openai-gpt-5-5
OpenAI
IGV30%AIQ25%SMH20%XLK15%EWY10%
0.58
Portfolio round
Grok 4.3
xai-grok-4-3
xAI
MTUM25%XLK25%SMH20%AIQ20%QQQ10%
0.55
Portfolio round
Pricing

Starting Prices

Ending prices are intentionally absent until the test is complete.

AEROSPACE_DEFENSEITA2026-05-29235.44tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
AGGREGATE_BONDSAGG2026-05-2999.06tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
AGRICULTUREDBA2026-05-2927.25tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
AUSTRALIAEWA2026-05-2929.25tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
AUTONOMOUS_ROBOTICSARKQ2026-05-29142.87tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
BIOTECHXBI2026-05-29136.69tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
BITCOIN_ETFIBIT2026-05-2941.63tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
BRAZILEWZ2026-05-2935.91tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
BROAD_AI_TECHAIQ2026-05-2967.32tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
BROAD_COMMODITIESPDBC2026-05-2917.62tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
CANADAEWC2026-05-2958.81tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
CASH2026-05-291cash
CHINAMCHI2026-05-2955.1tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
COMMUNICATIONSXLC2026-05-29115.69tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
CONSUMER_DISCRETIONARYXLY2026-05-29120.87tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
CONSUMER_STAPLESXLP2026-05-2982.91tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
COPPERCPER2026-05-2938.86tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
CYBERSECURITYCIBR2026-05-2989.04tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
DEVELOPED_EX_USVEA2026-05-2971.77tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
DIVIDENDSCHD2026-05-2932.5tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
EMERGING_MARKET_BONDSEMB2026-05-2996.43tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
EMERGING_MARKETSVWO2026-05-2959.88tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
ENERGYXLE2026-05-2956.29tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
EQUAL_WEIGHT_SP500RSP2026-05-29208.83tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
ETHEREUM_ETFETHA2026-05-2915.2tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
EUROFXE2026-05-29107.7tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
EUROPEVGK2026-05-2989.01tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
FINANCIALSXLF2026-05-2951.58tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
GOLDIAU2026-05-2985.49tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
HEALTHCAREXLV2026-05-29149.47tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
HIGH_YIELD_CREDITHYG2026-05-2980.31tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
INDIAINDA2026-05-2948.56tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
INDUSTRIALSXLI2026-05-29173.13tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
INTERMEDIATE_TREASURYIEF2026-05-2994.65tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
INTERNATIONAL_BONDSBNDX2026-05-2948.33tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDITLQD2026-05-29109.36tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
JAPANEWJ2026-05-2992.96tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
LARGE_GROWTHIWF2026-05-29127.85tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
LARGE_VALUEIWD2026-05-29237.96tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
LONG_TREASURYTLT2026-05-2985.76tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
LOW_VOLSPLV2026-05-2972.21tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MATERIALSXLB2026-05-2951.15tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
METALS_MININGXME2026-05-29125.21tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MEXICOEWW2026-05-2978.43tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MID_CAPIJH2026-05-2974.6tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MOMENTUMMTUM2026-05-29315.81tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MORTGAGE_BACKED_BONDSMBB2026-05-2994.79tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
MUNICIPAL_BONDSMUB2026-05-29107.17tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
NASDAQ100QQQ2026-05-29738.31tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
OILUSO2026-05-29129.09tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
REAL_ESTATEXLRE2026-05-2943.99tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
REGIONAL_BANKSKRE2026-05-2969.61tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SEMICONDUCTORSSMH2026-05-29598.93tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SHORT_TREASURYBIL2026-05-2991.66tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SILVERSLV2026-05-2968.33tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SMALL_CAPIWM2026-05-29290.43tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SMALL_VALUEIWN2026-05-29213.87tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SOFTWAREIGV2026-05-29101.66tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SOLARTAN2026-05-2973.93tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SOUTH_AFRICAEZA2026-05-2969.41tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SOUTH_KOREAEWY2026-05-29205.83tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
SP500SPY2026-05-29756.48tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
TAIWANEWT2026-05-29102.78tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
TECHNOLOGYXLK2026-05-29191.02tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
TIPSTIP2026-05-29111.21tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
TOTAL_US_MARKETVTI2026-05-29372.54tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
UNITED_KINGDOMEWU2026-05-2946.93tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
US_DOLLARUUP2026-05-2927.66tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
UTILITIESXLU2026-05-2944.42tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
YENFXY2026-05-2957.62tiingo_eod_adj_close_from_universe_trailing_returns
Proof

Published Hashes

Test inputs are hashed before model calls and mirrored into the public read model.

briefing.md
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manifest.yaml
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market_data/universe_trailing_returns.csv
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market_data/universe_trailing_returns.json
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market_data/universe_trailing_returns.md
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options.yaml
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prompt.md
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