Patent ID: 8170942

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of displaying investment information, comprising: using a computer, causing display of, on a computer display, a user interface configured to enable a user to enter input associated with specifying an investment of interest; receiving, with the computer, input specifying an investment of interest via the user interface; generating, with the computer, a request to a remote computer, the request based, at least in part, on the investment of interest specified by the input; using the computer, retrieving, from the remote computer, a collection of one or more investment alerts that are currently true for the investment of interest specified by the input, wherein the investment alerts are generated from a plurality of data sources that report quantitative and non-quantitative investment information and reflect that certain predefined criteria have been satisfied for the investment of interest, the predefined criteria including criteria created by an entity other than the user; and using the computer, causing display of the one or more investment alerts on the computer display.