Paper reveals 'Forecast Collapse' in Time-Series Foundation Models

chaumian · x · 2026-08-17

A new paper identifies 'forecast collapse' where Time-Series Foundation Models produce nearly flat predictions with poor ranking when forecasting hourly stock returns. This phenomenon stems from low predictability and per-series objectives. The authors introduce CalibRank, an objective balancing calibration and ranking, which nearly triples cross-sectional correlation on the Finance1K dataset.

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