Patent ID: 7099844

Claim:
Computer program product that can be loaded on a computer installation for supporting a financial transaction, which computer installation comprises at least one memory and a processor connected with the it least one memory and which processor can perform the following steps after the computer program product has been loaded on the computer installation: a) storage of future index data I i , where i=1, 2, . . . , x, . . . , in the at least one memory, each future index I i being defined as the anticipated factor by which, in a year i, goods will have become more expensive as a consequence of inflation, compared with a predetermined start year; b) storage of future interest rates int i , where i=1, 2, . . . , x, . . . , in the at least one memory, each interest rate int i being defined as the interest to be anticipated in year i; c) receipt of a desired coupon value CV from a user, said coupon value being a value of money, for which a user wants to be covered against future inflation; d) calculation of at least one future annual inflation value inf i , where i=1, 2, . . . , x, . . . , for the coupon value CV in year i making use of the coupon value CV and of the future index data I i ; e) calculation of a cash value of the at least one future annual inflation value inf i for the coupon value CV in year i making use of the coupon value CV, the future index data I i and the interest rates int i ; f) presentation of a purchase price to the user at which the at least one future annual inflation value inf i for the coupon value CV, or a portion thereof, can be purchased; and g) the program enables the processor to track trading in the at least one future annual inflation value; wherein the at least one future annual inflation value comprises an asset.