SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- electronically receiving data describing one or more risk factors driving volatility of each of a plurality of securities comprised in a specified portfolio;
for each of said plurality of securities;
categorizing each of said risk factors as a random variable and identifying a distribution that best fits each risk factor'"'"'s historical behavior; and
generating a return distribution for said security, based on said best fit distributions; and
aggregating said security return distributions to generate a return distribution for said specified portfolio.
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Abstract
In one aspect, the invention comprises a computer-implemented method comprising: (i) electronically receiving data describing one or more risk factors driving volatility of each of a plurality of securities comprised in a specified portfolio; (ii) for each of the plurality of securities, categorizing each of the risk factors as a random variable and identifying a distribution that best fits each risk factor'"'"'s historical behavior; and generating a return distribution for the security, based on the best fit distributions; and (iii) aggregating the security return distributions to generate a return distribution for the specified portfolio. Other aspects and embodiments comprise analogous software and computer systems.
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39 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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electronically receiving data describing one or more risk factors driving volatility of each of a plurality of securities comprised in a specified portfolio; for each of said plurality of securities; categorizing each of said risk factors as a random variable and identifying a distribution that best fits each risk factor'"'"'s historical behavior; and generating a return distribution for said security, based on said best fit distributions; and aggregating said security return distributions to generate a return distribution for said specified portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Software stored on a computer readable medium and implemented by a computer system, said software comprising:
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software for electronically receiving data describing one or more risk factors driving volatility of each of a plurality of securities comprised in a specified portfolio; software for, for each of said plurality of securities; categorizing each of said risk factors as a random variable and identifying a distribution that best fits each risk factor'"'"'s historical behavior; and generating a return distribution for said security, based on said best fit distributions; and software for aggregating said security return distributions to generate a return distribution for said specified portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system comprising:
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a processor that electronically receives data describing one or more risk factors driving volatility of each of a plurality of securities comprised in a specified portfolio; a processor that, for each of said plurality of securities; categorizes each of said risk factors as a random variable and identifies a distribution that best fits each risk factor'"'"'s historical behavior; and generates a return distribution for said security, based on said best fit distributions; and a processor that aggregates said security return distributions to generate a return distribution for said specified portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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