Patent ID: 8793173

Claim:
A method for preparing a model to analyze a performance metric of a selected company, comprising: identifying, by at least one computer, a first data source having a first set of non-fundamental data pertinent to the performance metric of the selected company; receiving, by said at least one computer, the first set of data; identifying, by said at least one computer, an additional data source, the additional data source having an additional set of non-fundamental data different from the first set of data and pertinent to the performance metric of the selected company; receiving, by said at least one computer, the additional set of data; combining, by said at least one computer, the first set of data and the additional set of data in a combined data set; selecting, by said at least one computer, an analytical process to apply to the combined data set; applying, by said at least one computer, the selected analytical process to the combined data set to develop a model of the performance metric; and validating, by said at least one computer, the model of the performance metric against the actual performance of the selected company.