Patent ID: 8423445

Claim:
A computerized method of displaying financial data, the method comprising: receiving financial data in an electronic format in a first computer process stored and executed on a computer; analyzing the financial data via the computer to identify assets, parameter values of assets, and relationships between the assets associated with the financial data; producing parsed financial data in a second computer process stored and executed on the computer, the parsed financial data identifying the assets, parameter values of assets, and relationships between the assets; using the parsed financial data to populate a General Model that includes multiple parameters of assets represented by the financial data including asset values, performance, and covariances or correlations with respect to other assets; storing the populated General Model on a computer readable storage device; and using a graphics engine executing on the computer to display the populated General Model, representing assets as three dimensional objects having a size representative of asset value and a color representative of a selected performance parameter of the assets, and representing relationships between the objects as three dimensional interconnections coupled to and extending between pairs of the three dimensional objects, the interconnections having a thickness representative of covariance or correlation between the corresponding assets.