Participant controlled mutual fund
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1. A method of managing a financial investment fund having a plurality of securities, the managing being conducted by a plurality of participants, comprising:
- receiving votes from the participants of the financial investment fund regarding executing a market order for a security, wherein each participant is a partial-owner of the financial investment fund;
totaling the votes to produce a total vote count;
comparing the total vote count with a market order threshold;
executing the market order, if the total vote count is greater than the market order threshold; and
wherein executing the market order for the security involves altering the composition of the financial investment fund with respect to the security.
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A participant controlled mutual fund is directed by participants who make the investing decisions through an intricate nominating and voting process over the Internet. The voting process is flexible in that it adjusts to the changing positions in the financial markets, thereby allowing the mutual fund to quickly take advantage of good opportunities, while preventing haste decisions in volatile markets. An advisor executes the market orders generated by the participants and monitors the mutual fund to ensure that the fund complies with applicable law.
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1. A method of managing a financial investment fund having a plurality of securities, the managing being conducted by a plurality of participants, comprising:
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receiving votes from the participants of the financial investment fund regarding executing a market order for a security, wherein each participant is a partial-owner of the financial investment fund;
totaling the votes to produce a total vote count;
comparing the total vote count with a market order threshold;
executing the market order, if the total vote count is greater than the market order threshold; and
wherein executing the market order for the security involves altering the composition of the financial investment fund with respect to the security. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of managing a financial investment fund having a plurality of securities, the managing being conducted by a plurality of participants, comprising:
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receiving nominations from the participants of the financial investment fund recommending a market order for a security, wherein each participant is a partial-owner of the financial investment fund;
receiving nomination votes from the participants regarding the market order for the security;
totaling the nomination votes to produce a total nominated vote count;
comparing the total nominated vote count with a nomination threshold;
converting the security into a candidate security if the total nominated vote count exceeds the nomination threshold;
receiving candidate votes from the participants for executing the market order for the candidate security;
totaling the candidate votes to produce a total candidate vote count;
comparing the total candidate vote count with a market order threshold; and
executing the market order if the total candidate vote count is greater than the market order threshold;
wherein executing the market order involves altering the composition of the financial investment fund with respect to the candidate security. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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