Patent ID: 8055571

Claim:
A computerized investment purchase adjustment method, comprising the steps of: calculating, using a computer processor, total net assets of a mutual fund and storing the calculated total net assets of the mutual fund in a database stored in computer readable memory; calculating, using the computer processor, a number of shares outstanding for the mutual fund and storing the calculated number of shares outstanding for the mutual fund in the database stored in the computer readable memory; calculating, using the computer processor, a net asset value per share for the mutual fund and storing the calculated net asset value per share for the mutual fund in the database stored in the computer readable memory; re-calculating, using the computer processor, the net asset value per share for the mutual fund by adding a brokerage transaction commission onto the net asset value per share for the mutual fund stored in the database in the computer readable memory; storing, using the computer processor, the re-calculated net asset value per share for the mutual fund in the database in the computer readable memory; re-calculating, using the computer processor, the total net assets of the mutual fund based upon the re-calculated net asset value per share for the mutual fund, and storing the re-calculated total net assets of the mutual fund in the database stored in the computer readable memory; re-calculating, using the computer processor, the number of shares outstanding for the mutual fund based upon the re-calculated net asset value per share for the mutual fund, and storing the re-calculated number of shares outstanding for the mutual fund in the database stored in the computer readable memory; re-calculating, using the computer processor, the net asset value per share for the mutual fund based upon the re-calculated number of shares outstanding for the mutual fund and the re-calculated total net assets of the mutual fund, and storing the re-calculated net asset value per share for the mutual fund in the database stored in the computer readable memory; displaying, using the computer processor, the re-calculated net asset value per share; and buying, using the computer processor, the shares of the mutual fund at the re-calculated net asset value per share.