Patent ID: 7890343

Claim:
A method for generating a target financial risk management curve, using a computer, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a pre-existing financial risk management curve as a leader curve of a first company using the computer, the leader curve including a plurality of points; selecting at least one technique using at least a parameter required for generating the target financial risk management curve using the computer; specifying an offset based on said selected technique for each of the plurality of points in the leader curve independently of other points of the plurality of points in the leader curve using the computer, said offset quantifying differences between the leader curve and the target financial risk management curve, wherein said target financial risk management curve includes a plurality of points offset from the leader curve by the offsets specified for the plurality of points in the leader curve; and modifying said leader curve to generate the target financial risk management curve for a second company using the computer; wherein said second company has insufficient market information available to generate a target financial risk management curve based on said second company's market information, and said second company has similar characteristics to said first company.