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AI editorial scores assess an excerpt from the original article. They are subjective, can disagree, and do not verify facts or predict investment performance. See the method ↗
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A LITTLE SELF-REFLECTION GOES A LONG WAY
Where does your investing process stand?
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PRIMARY SOURCES. A SECOND PERSPECTIVE.
The news desk.
Start with what was published. Compare the AI opinions. Then read the original.
Ratings reflect titles and article text excerpts, not full articles. Higher scores do not mean a better investment. Original publisher links are provided for every story.
KNOW WHAT YOU OWN. UNDERSTAND WHY.
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PAUSE. REFLECT. MOVE FORWARD.
A check-in for your investing process.
You don’t need more conviction. You need a process you can explain. Let’s see where yours stands.
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A LITTLE STRUCTURE FOR YOUR THINKING
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FOLLOW A QUESTION, NOT A PRICE
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OPEN THE BLACK BOX
A score is a starting point.
Editorial context, made visible. Here’s what Lyfter’s AI ratings mean—and what they can’t tell you.
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Start at the source.
We collect titles, publication dates, links, and excerpts from official Federal Reserve and European Central Bank RSS feeds. Source outages are shown on the news desk. The feed refreshes periodically; this is not a real-time market service.
02
Ask two models.
Gemma 3 1B and Qwen 3.5 2B evaluate the same title and up to the first 3,500 characters extracted from the original article separately on our private server. The scorer fetches the source text; models cannot browse or independently verify its claims. The public cards show the publisher’s RSS summary, which can differ from the longer text used for scoring. Stories without enough source text are left unscored. A story may show one opinion while the second is pending.
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Show the differences.
Each model rates relevance, education, and visible evidence from 0 to 100. The displayed dimensions are the mean of available model ratings; the overall score is the rounded mean of those three dimensions. No completed rating means no displayed score.
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Keep your judgment.
Small language models can misunderstand context, inflate ratings, and disagree. A high score is not a fact check, an endorsement, a prediction, or a reason to trade. Read the original and consider what is missing.
What the numbers measure
Dimension
Lower scores
Higher scores
Relevance
Unrelated or narrow administrative news
Broad significance for investment research or economic policy
Education
An announcement with little explanation
Detailed explanation of a financial or economic concept
Evidence
Assertions with few supporting details in the excerpt
Specific information and clear attribution visible in the excerpt
Lyfter is an independent research and education project. It is not affiliated with the Federal Reserve, the ECB, the SEC, or Trading Academy. The quiz measures self-reported process habits only; it does not assess investment suitability, risk capacity, or expected returns.
YOUR DATA, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Privacy.
Last updated November 12, 2026.
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