Patent Document ID: 7590582
Application ID: 10501326
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing the performance of a plurality of investments requiring use of a computer coupled to a database of investment data, wherein the computer is programmed to perform the method, the method comprising: determining, by referring to the database, a percentage change in value of each investment during each of a plurality of consecutive reporting periods within a given time frame; for each investment, calculating values with the computer of an investment performance measurement for a plurality of overlapping holding periods within the time frame, respectively, wherein each holding period is a period of time spanned by consecutive, contiguous reporting periods, each of a standard length of time, such that the length of each holding period is a multiple of the standard length of time, and the investment performance measurement is a quantitative measurement of investment performance; ranking the investments based on the values of the investment performance measurement.