Investment management system
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1. A method of managing a portfolio of investments having a market price, comprising the steps of a) storing ownership quantity data for the investments and overall cash quantity data in a computer memory;
- b) assigning a portion of said cash quantity to each of a plurality of said investments in said portfolio c) obtaining market price data for each of said investments in said portfolio;
d) statistically generating buy and sell ratios and buy and sell ranges for a plurality of said investments in said portfolio;
e) redistributing based on said ratios said cash among said plurality of investments;
f) generating buy or hold or sell advice for each of said plurality of investments; and
g) recalculating, in response to a signal indicative of user acceptance of said advice for any one of said plurality of investments, said ownership quantity, overall cash quantity and portions for the investments based on said market price data in a simulated buy or sell according to said accepted advice, and h) recording said recalculated data for each of the investments in the portfolio.
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An investment management and optimization system which redistributes cash based on buying and selling criteria derived from a statistical confidence levels and recommends timing, quantity and selection of investment buys and sells from a portfolio of investments, such as stocks
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1. A method of managing a portfolio of investments having a market price, comprising the steps of
a) storing ownership quantity data for the investments and overall cash quantity data in a computer memory; -
b) assigning a portion of said cash quantity to each of a plurality of said investments in said portfolio c) obtaining market price data for each of said investments in said portfolio;
d) statistically generating buy and sell ratios and buy and sell ranges for a plurality of said investments in said portfolio;
e) redistributing based on said ratios said cash among said plurality of investments;
f) generating buy or hold or sell advice for each of said plurality of investments; and
g) recalculating, in response to a signal indicative of user acceptance of said advice for any one of said plurality of investments, said ownership quantity, overall cash quantity and portions for the investments based on said market price data in a simulated buy or sell according to said accepted advice, and h) recording said recalculated data for each of the investments in the portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of managing a portfolio of investments having a market price, comprising the steps of
a) selecting a plurality of variable price investments to be managed; -
b) obtaining historical price data for each of said plurality of investments in the portfolio over a certain number of days;
c) statistically evaluating said historical price data to generate standard deviation of said price data for each of said investments;
d) calculating buy and sell threshold prices for each of said plurality of said investments in said portfolio by applying a confidence level to determine a desired probability that said threshold prices are lower and higher, respectively, than some desired percentage of prices in said historical data for each of said plurality of investments;
e) establishing as an upper and lower limit a historical high and historical low over a selected period f) generating a buy signal for any of said plurality of investments that is below said buy threshold, above said lower limit and, if there has been any prior buy of said investment since a last sell of said investment, below the price of said prior buy;
g) generating a sell signal for any of said plurality of investments that is above said sell threshold, below said upper limit and, if there has been any prior sale of said investment since a last buy of said investment, above the price of said prior sale;
h) redistributing a portion of said available cash to each stock having a buy signal in accordance with a preset ration;
j) recalculating, in response to a signal indicative of user acceptance of said buy and sell signals for any one of said plurality of investments, said ownership quantity, overall cash quantity and portions for the investments based on said market price data in a simulated buy or sell according to said accepted advice; and
k) recording said recalculated data for each of the investments in the portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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