Financial asset product and method for implementing same
First Claim
1. A component financial asset product, comprising:
- a plurality of financial asset instruments; and
a link among said financial asset instruments that interrelates said financial asset instruments as a unitary instrument portfolio wherein said linked instruments are selected, managed and sold according to a preset plan.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a financial asset product and a method for creation thereof, including a plurality of component instruments and a link among the components that interrelates the components as a unitary portfolio. The terms or other parameters of the components are arranged according to a preset plan of the depositor/investor. The method may include the steps of assessing the financial needs or goals of the depositor or investor, developing a predetermined or preset plan or strategy for the purchase, management, maintenance, sale, withdrawal and/or exchange of financial instruments. The instruments may be acquired at one time or over a period of time, also according to a preset plan.
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52 Claims
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1. A component financial asset product, comprising:
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a plurality of financial asset instruments; and
a link among said financial asset instruments that interrelates said financial asset instruments as a unitary instrument portfolio wherein said linked instruments are selected, managed and sold according to a preset plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of implementing a financial asset product, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of financial asset instruments; and
linking each of said financial asset instruments to one another to interrelate said financial asset instruments as a unitary instrument portfolio wherein funding of said linked instruments is selected, managed and withdrawn according to a preset plan. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of automatically maintaining a strategy of a depositor in a portfolio having Y fixed term instruments, wherein Y is at least two, each of said fixed term instruments maturing on a maturity date, wherein one of said Y fixed term instruments matures every period X, the method comprising:
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monitoring each of said fixed term instruments to determine when each of said fixed term instruments is about to mature;
sending, for each fixed term instrument about to mature, a notice to said depositor prior to the maturity date of said fixed term instrument about to mature, said notice informing the depositor that said fixed term instrument about to mature will mature on the maturity date of said fixed term instrument about to mature; and
renewing said fixed term instrument about to mature into a fixed term instrument having a term equal to YX after the fixed term instrument about to mature actually matures unless the depositor provides instructions not to so renew said fixed term instrument about to mature. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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- 43. A financial asset product, comprising Y fixed term instruments, wherein Y is at least two, wherein one of said Y fixed term instruments matures every period X, and wherein each of said Y fixed term instruments automatically renews into a fixed term instrument having a term equal to YX when it matures unless instructions not to do so are given by a depositor holding said financial asset product.
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47. A method of automatically maintaining a strategy of a depositor in a portfolio having B fixed term instruments, wherein B is at least two, wherein at a first point in said strategy each of said fixed term instruments have a first term and mature on a first maturity date such that at said first point one of said fixed term instruments will mature every period X, and wherein at a second point in said strategy all of said fixed term instruments will mature on a common maturity date, the method comprising:
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monitoring each of said fixed term instruments to determine when each of said fixed term instruments is about to mature;
sending, for each fixed term instrument about to mature, a notice to said depositor prior to said first maturity date of said fixed term instrument about to mature, said notice informing the depositor that said fixed term instrument about to mature will mature on said first maturity date of said fixed term instrument about to mature; and
renewing said fixed term instrument about to mature into a fixed term instrument having a term equal to the difference between BX and the first term of said fixed term instrument about to mature unless (i) the depositor provides instructions not to so renew said fixed term instrument about to mature or (ii) said fixed term instrument about to mature has a first term equal to BX. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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- 50. A financial asset product for implementing a strategy over a period of time, comprising B fixed term instruments, wherein B is at least two, wherein at a first point in said period of time each of said fixed term instruments have a first term and mature on a first maturity date such that at said first point one of said fixed term instruments will mature every period X, wherein at a second point in said period of time all of said fixed term instruments will mature on a common maturity date, and wherein between said first point and said second point each of said B fixed term instruments, except for a selected one of said fixed term instruments having a term equal to BX, automatically renews when it matures into a fixed term instrument having a term equal to the difference between BX and the first term of said fixed term instrument unless instructions not to do so are given by a depositor holding said financial deposit product.
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