Patent ID: 8311923

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of scoring at least one contributor for the performance of the contributor's recommendation with respect to a single stock, the method being implemented in a computer system, the method comprising: executing one or more computer program modules on one or more processors of the computer system to create a score for a contributor's recommendation on a stock relative to a benchmark, the score being determined based on a payoff function that determines the score as a function of a plurality of factors, the factors comprising: i) a benchmark-relative return on the stock, wherein the benchmark-relative return of the stock is a return on the stock relative to a return on a benchmark that corresponds to the stock; and ii) the recommendation made by the contributor; wherein the payoff function for a neutral recommendation on the stock has a maximum score at a baseline benchmark-relative return, and has scores that decrease away from the maximum score for benchmark-relative returns greater than and less than the baseline benchmark relative return; and storing the score in one or more electronic storage media associated with the server.