Patent ID: 7546263

Claim:
A method of evaluating an analyst's performance comprising: utilizing information pertaining to at least one of an upward revision and a downward revision of an analyst's opinion of at least one investment; calculating a performance score indicative of the analyst's performance relative to other analysts, said performance score determined by at least one of measuring variability of the analyst's performance based on at least one of an upward revision and downward revision, averaging historical performance of the at least one investment following the at least one upward revision and downward revision, determining a number based on at least one of an upward revisions and downward revisions made by the analyst, and determining a likelihood that at least one upward revision and downward revision will actually produce an expected result; comparing the analyst's performance score against performance scores of other analysts to produce at least one of an upward ranking, a downward ranking, and a combined revision ranking; and wherein said performance score increases when a rate of return of the at least one investment increases and the revision is an upward revision, or when a rate of return of the at least one investment decreases and the revision is a downward revision, and wherein said performance score decreases when a rate of return of the at least one investment decreases and the revision is an upward revision, or when a rate of return of the at least one investment increases and the revision is a downward revision.