Patent ID: 6983257
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system for objectively measuring security analysts' performance based on historical accuracy of their earnings predictions for one or more securities, the system comprising: a database of historical data, the historical data including: (i) individual earnings predictions by a plurality of analysts pertaining to at least one earnings event for a given security; (ii) revisions made by an analyst to an earnings prediction prior to an actual earnings report date; (iii) actual reported earnings for earnings events for securities; and (iv) dates of the earnings predictions, revisions to earnings predictions, and the actual reported earnings; a user interface for selecting criteria, including one or more of a time frame over which earnings predictions are to be measured; a number of periods over which to measure performance; at least one error metric to be used to calculate performance; one or more securities over which to measure performance; and exclusion criteria by which to exclude certain earnings predictions; and a processor for determining performance based on the selected criteria and the historical data.