Patent ID: 8407130

Claim:
A computer implemented method for performing data processing operations associated with providing principal protection exposure to an equity market, comprising: generating, by a computer processor, an offering document that describes an offering of a trust certificate associated with a trust; receiving, at the computer processor, a representation that a first entity is a qualified purchaser; conducting, by the computer processor based on the offering document, a trust certificate sale from the trust to the first entity resulting in a trust agreement and proceeds; structuring the trust; conducting, by the computer processor, an equity security purchase with a first allocated portion of the proceeds of the trust certificate sale, wherein the equity security purchase is made by the trust from an equity market; conducting, by the computer processor, a put option purchase with a second allocated portion of the proceeds of the trust certificate sale, wherein the put option purchase is made by the trust from a second entity and is written on an equity associated with the equity security purchase; and providing the first entity with principal protection exposure to the equity market without causing substantial income statement volatility based on the trust certificate sale.