System and method for optimizing investment location
First Claim
1. A system, for running on a computer, for determining an investment strategy for an entity with assets in taxable and tax-deferred accounts, comprising:
- an account information input component, to accept information regarding said assets in said taxable and tax-deferred accounts for said entity;
an investment selection input component, to accept information regarding a plurality of investments, including an indication of a percentage amount of said assets to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
an account amount selection component, to determine an amount to invest from said taxable accounts and tax-deferred accounts in each of said plurality of investments, wherein said determined amounts substantially match said indications of a percentage amount to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
a time horizon input component, to accept an indication of a time horizon; and
a return on investment calculation component, to calculate a return on investment for said entity based on said information regarding said assets, said information regarding a plurality of investments, said indication of a percentage amount, said selected amount to invest from said taxable and said tax-deferred accounts, and said indication of a time horizon;
wherein said account amount selection component determines an amount from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts in order to produce a maximal after-tax accumulation for said entity at said time horizon.
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Abstract
An investment optimizing system and method. Once an investor or investment advisor determines the appropriate asset allocation and that there are both taxable accounts and tax-deferred investment accounts, the invention will optimize/maximize the investor'"'"'s ending after-tax asset accumulation, which is the objective of all investors. This is accomplished by allocating the chosen investment vehicles between the taxable and tax-deferred accounts in an optimum way. The invention runs on a computer system and searches for an allocation which results in a maximal return. Intelligent heuristics measure increased performance based on different asset allocations.
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14 Claims
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1. A system, for running on a computer, for determining an investment strategy for an entity with assets in taxable and tax-deferred accounts, comprising:
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an account information input component, to accept information regarding said assets in said taxable and tax-deferred accounts for said entity;
an investment selection input component, to accept information regarding a plurality of investments, including an indication of a percentage amount of said assets to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
an account amount selection component, to determine an amount to invest from said taxable accounts and tax-deferred accounts in each of said plurality of investments, wherein said determined amounts substantially match said indications of a percentage amount to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
a time horizon input component, to accept an indication of a time horizon; and
a return on investment calculation component, to calculate a return on investment for said entity based on said information regarding said assets, said information regarding a plurality of investments, said indication of a percentage amount, said selected amount to invest from said taxable and said tax-deferred accounts, and said indication of a time horizon;
wherein said account amount selection component determines an amount from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts in order to produce a maximal after-tax accumulation for said entity at said time horizon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
a chromosome structure, for use with said Genetic Algorithms, wherein said chromosome structure includes a plurality of values, each value being an indication of an amount from said tax-deferred accounts to invest in a selected one of said plurality of investments; and
said return on investment calculation component calculates an after-tax accumulation for said entity based on said values in said chromosome structure.
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6. The system of claim 1 further including:
a personal tax component, to accept information regarding personal tax rates for said entity, wherein said a return on investment calculation component calculates a return on investment for said entity based on said information regarding said personal tax rates.
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7. The system of claim 1 wherein said system also determines an improvement value of said after-tax accumulation based on said selected amounts from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts over an initial after-tax accumulation based on initial selected amounts from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts.
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8. On a computer system, a method of determining an investment strategy for an entity with assets in taxable and tax-deferred accounts, said method comprising:
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receiving information regarding a plurality of investments;
receiving information regarding a percentage amount of said assets to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
receiving information regarding a time horizon; and
for each of said plurality of investments, determining an amount to invest from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts in said investment, wherein said determined amount to invest substantially matches said percentage amount to invest in said investment;
wherein said determinations will produce a substantially maximal after-tax accumulation for said entity at said time horizon. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
performing sampling steps a plurality of times, said sampling steps comprising;
randomly selecting amounts from said tax-deferred accounts to invest in each of said plurality of investments;
determining appropriate amounts from said taxable accounts so that said selected percentage amounts for each of plurality of investments is satisfied; and
determining a result if said amounts were invested as selected and determined for said time horizon.
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11. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of determining an amount to invest from said taxable and tax deferred accounts further includes:
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creating a plurality of GA chromosome structures, each GA chromosome structure including a value for each of said plurality of investments, each value being an indication of an amount from said tax-deferred accounts to invest in said corresponding investment;
setting said values in said plurality of GA chromosome structures to initial settings;
evaluating fitness of said plurality of GA chromosome structures;
selecting at least one of said GA chromosome structures with an optimal fitness; and
using said values from said selected GA chromosome structure as amounts from said tax-deferred accounts to invest in said corresponding investment for said substantially maximal accumulation.
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12. The method of claim 11 wherein said initial settings for said values are provided by a user.
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13. The method of claim 11 wherein said initial settings for said values are randomly generated.
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14. The method of claim 11 further including the step of:
calculating an improvement value of said substantially maximal after-tax accumulation based on said determined investment amounts from said taxable and tax-deferred accounts, as compared to an after-tax accumulation based on said initial settings.
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