Security analyst estimates performance viewing system and method
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface for use with a computer-implemented system for creating a model to generate an enhanced composite prediction relating to a security based on current predictions provided by a plurality of contributors and rules or exclusion factors, wherein at least one of the rules or exclusion factors relates to historical information relating to a contributor, wherein the model comprises user-defined rules that are applied to some or all of the contributors'"'"' predictions to create the enhanced composite prediction, the graphical user interface comprising:
- means for enabling a user to specify rules or exclusion factors by which to exclude one or more contributors'"'"' predictions;
means for enabling a user to specify rules or factors by which to assign a weight to each non-excluded contributor'"'"'s prediction, where such weights are used to generate a weighted average of the predictions to produce the enhanced composite prediction; and
a computer-implemented graphical display for displaying the user-defined rules or factors used to generate the enhanced composite prediction.
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Abstract
A system and method for measuring, analyzing, and tracking the past performance of security analysts'"'"' earnings estimates and recommendations. The present invention provides a database of historical data relating to security analyst earnings estimate predictions wherein a historical model enables users to view the historical data as a time series of earnings estimates for each analyst selected, for a selected period of time, for a predetermined earnings event. Users may define a model to automatically create enhanced composite estimates wherein an improved prediction of the quantity being estimated, such as company earnings, revenue or cash flow is obtained. Users may view performance screens and historical performance data for a particular contributor or various contributors for a given security. Other views may be available.
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1. A graphical user interface for use with a computer-implemented system for creating a model to generate an enhanced composite prediction relating to a security based on current predictions provided by a plurality of contributors and rules or exclusion factors, wherein at least one of the rules or exclusion factors relates to historical information relating to a contributor, wherein the model comprises user-defined rules that are applied to some or all of the contributors'"'"' predictions to create the enhanced composite prediction, the graphical user interface comprising:
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means for enabling a user to specify rules or exclusion factors by which to exclude one or more contributors'"'"' predictions;
means for enabling a user to specify rules or factors by which to assign a weight to each non-excluded contributor'"'"'s prediction, where such weights are used to generate a weighted average of the predictions to produce the enhanced composite prediction; and
a computer-implemented graphical display for displaying the user-defined rules or factors used to generate the enhanced composite prediction. - 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, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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