Audit Trail · Article #1087547

Canada’s bank stocks are historically expensive. No one seems willing to bet against them

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-07-16T22:25:21 · ingested 2026-07-17T00:24:32.136998

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

      computed at 2026-07-17T01:05:46.324252
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.237 confidence: 34% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-07-16T20:58:15.576879-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.237

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-07-17T01:11:24.693252

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-07-17T01:05:46.324252

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Canadian bank stock valuations are historically expensive.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-07-17T01:11:24.574860
      

unverified The average Big Six Canadian bank's price-to-earnings ratio is close to 16.5, well above the two-decade average of roughly 11.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-07-17T01:11:24.574860
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-07-17T01:44:58.207337
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Canada’s bank stocks are historically expensive. No one seems willing to bet against them 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-07-17T00:24:32.417062
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

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Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-07-17T00:24:32.136998 ingested

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2026-07-17T00:58:15.576879 bias_v2_scored

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