Ocean Tomo, LLC

Keith M Cardoza

James E Malackowski

Cameron Gray

Jonathan A Barney

Susan L Aylward

Jason L Gardner

Stephen C Yelderman

Eric Fried

A marketplace for trading derivative financial contracts includes a forum that publishes a financial contract and allows the financial contract to be traded by one or more market participants. The financial contracts are based on one or more underlying intangible assets of one or more entities. The price of the contract is derived from a measure of value of the one or more underlying assets of the particular financial contract. The forum may include an exchange for trading financial contracts and may also host trading of over-the-counter financial contracts.

Marketplace for trading intangible asset derivatives and a method for trading intangible asset derivatives

The present invention is a system and methods by which an investment vehicle can be established that is directed to one or a very limited specific form of content. More specifically, the system and methods of the present invention creates a financial instrument directed to specific content&#x2014;such as a specific technology or specific artistic or literary work&#x2014;that may be issued, thereby providing investors with the opportunity to invest in the specific content or aspect of that specific content.

Financial instrument based on content and methods for valuation

A method for generating an index of securities includes selecting index constituents and weighing the selected index constituents by a measure ('an intangible asset measure') of quality and/or value of the intangible assets of constituent entities. The index constituents can be selected from a set of potential constituents based on an intangible asset measure of each constituent in the set, and the selected index constituents may then be weighted by a desired measure or methodology or weighted equally, or by an intangible asset measure. Another method for generating an index of securities includes combining groups of constituents, which are selected based on an intangible asset measure, to be index constituents and weighing the index constituents by a desired measure or methodology.

Method and system for generating an index of securities

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