Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090307120 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A STOCK INDEX - Computer-implemented methods of creating and maintaining stock indexes are provided. For a stock index of a particular size, a band is defined around the upper and/or lower limits of the stock index. To be added to, or dropped from, a particular stock index, the stocks must fall outside of the bands for that particular stock index size. Stock migration is controlled using a systematic stock migration process so that stocks are gradually added and deleted from an index. Stock investment style is determined in a multi-dimensional process, instead of a linear process. Furthermore, the number of stocks in the stock index need not be a fixed value, but may depend upon how many stocks meet predefined criteria at any given point in time. | 12-10-2009 |
20100223202 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME FUND - A computer program product is provided for administering a single investment company. The computer program product has a computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions. The instructions perform a method wherein the single investment company issuing one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the single investment company at a net asset value and issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain account data of the outstanding shares. An owner of any share of any share class has an undivided interest in the single investment company. | 09-02-2010 |
20110258089 | INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME FUND - An automated method is provided for administering a single investment company that issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the single investment company at a net asset value and issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain account data of the outstanding shares. An owner of any share of any share class has an undivided interest in the single investment company. | 10-20-2011 |
20120101962 | INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME FUND - An automated method is provided for administering a single investment company that issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the single investment company at a net asset value and issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain account data of the outstanding shares. An owner of any share of any share class has an undivided interest in the single investment company. | 04-26-2012 |
20120278259 | Computer-implemented method of constructing a stock index using index rotation - Computer-implemented methods of creating and maintaining stock indexes are provided. Stock migration is controlled using a systematic stock migration process so that stocks are gradually added and deleted from an index. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278260 | Computer-implemented method of constructing a stock index using multi-dimensional delineation between value and growth - Computer-implemented methods of creating and maintaining stock indexes are provided. Stock investment style is determined in a multi-dimensional process, instead of a linear process. Furthermore, the number of stocks in the stock index need not be a fixed value, but may depend upon how many stocks meet predefined criteria at any given point in time. | 11-01-2012 |
20130275333 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME FUND - A method is provided for administering a single investment company that issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the single investment company at a net asset value and issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain account data of the outstanding shares. An owner of any share of any share class has an undivided interest in the single investment company. | 10-17-2013 |
20140195404 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT ISSUES A CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL SHARES AND A CLASS OF EXCHANGE-TRADED SHARES IN THE SAME FUND - A method is provided for administering a single investment company that issues one or more classes of shares that are bought from and redeemed with the single investment company at a net asset value and issues one or more classes of shares that are listed for trading on a securities exchange and that are bought and sold at negotiated market prices. One or more computers maintain account data of the outstanding shares. An owner of any share of any share class has an undivided interest in the single investment company. | 07-10-2014 |