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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2002
Clifford J. Weber, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Carol Alexander, Purley, GB;
Charles A. Baker, Wayne, PA (US);
Jason Macqueen, New York, NY (US);
Gary L. Gastineau, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Terry Norman, Ropers Farm, GB;
Clifford J. Weber, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Carol Alexander, Purley, GB;
Charles A. Baker, Wayne, PA (US);
Jason MacQueen, New York, NY (US);
Gary L. Gastineau, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Terry Norman, Ropers Farm, GB;
American Stock Exchange, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behavior estimated to be significant to the price behavior of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.