APPARATUS AND ACCOMPANYING METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING A FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO THROUGH DYNAMIC RE-WEIGHTING BASED ON A NON-CONSTANT FUNCTION OF CURRENT CAPITALIZATION WEIGHTS - Patent 0867009

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EP 0 867 009 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/40

(21)	Application number: 96944955.0

(22)	Date of filing: 13.12.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06Q 40/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/020469

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/022075 (19.06.1997 Gazette 1997/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB LI NL

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Priority:

15.12.1995 US 19950008698P
03.07.1996 US 19960021116P
13.12.1996 US 19960764232

(71)	Applicant: Enhanced Investment Technologies Inc.
	Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	FERNHOLZ, Erhard, Robert Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)

(74)	Representative: Smulders, Theodorus A.H.J., Ir., et al
	Vereenigde Octrooibureaux Nieuwe Parklaan 97 2587 BN 's-Gravenhage 2587 BN 's-Gravenhage (NL)

(54)	APPARATUS AND ACCOMPANYING METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING A FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO THROUGH DYNAMIC RE-WEIGHTING BASED ON A NON-CONSTANT FUNCTION OF CURRENT CAPITALIZATION WEIGHTS