## Dataset Description
RFC-Bench is a research benchmark for evaluating large language models on **reference-free counterfactual financial misinformation detection** at the paragraph level. The dataset contains only **synthetic, human-reviewed counterfactual rewrites** and **metadata** (ticker, date, and public URL) derived from publicly accessible Yahoo Finance articles; it does **not** redistribute any original news content.
All data concern **corporate-level financial narratives** and contain no personal or sensitive information. The dataset is released **for academic research only** and must not be used for investment advice, real-world financial communication, or commercial purposes.
The release includes a main benchmark (1,845 instances) and a hard-case subset (122 instances).
### Citation
```bibtex
@article{jiang2026rfcbench,
title = {All That Glisters Is Not Gold: A Benchmark for Reference-Free Counterfactual Financial Misinformation Detection},
author = {Jiang, Yue…
