FOLIOfn, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140279678 | Automated Cash Leveraging Facility to Provide Available Cash from Sweep Investments for Margin Financing - A computer-implemented trade and order management system that enables cash movement for providing margin financing to customers in brokerage accounts utilizing sweep vehicles on a cost-effective and efficient basis to provide expanded access to capital for brokerages. The computer-implemented method issues sells and buys of the cash sweep vehicles on a daily basis to generate cash and free credits in customer accounts or to reduce free credits and add to the sweep vehicle position in the accounts. The goal is to match the amount in the aggregate across all accounts of free credits with the aggregate of customer debits so as to result in a net zero free credit to customer debit position for the brokerage. This method involves a daily calculation across all pertinent accounts. | 09-18-2014 |
20140207648 | LEVERAGED INSTRUMENT COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED TRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM EXPECTED RETURNS FOR DAILY REBALANCE INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS ETFS OR FUNDS - A computer-implemented system enables performance of leveraged instruments, such as leveraged ETFs, to track their design parameters for longer durations than currently possible. The computer-implemented method issues sells and buys of the leveraged instrument on a daily basis to return the instrument back to an expected value, and to credit or debit cash on a daily basis, such that a combination of the instrument position and the cash position taken together provides an actual return close to the theoretical stated return. This strategy involves bringing the leveraged holding back to an equal value of the unleveraged ETF at the time the leveraged ETF is rebalanced—generally at the close of trading on any given day. This technique allows investors to hold the leverage only through the day, and realize the losses and gains of the leverage that day, and resets the position for trading for the following market day. | 07-24-2014 |
20100205110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SMALLER INVESTORS OR OTHERS TO CREATE AND MANAGE A PORTFOLIO OF SECURITIES OR OTHER ASSETS OR LIABILITIES ON A COST EFFECTIVE BASIS - Smaller investors can create and manage on a cost-effective basis a complex portfolio of securities using a mechanism that enables the investor to provide to the system the investor's preferences regarding his portfolio, to generate a portfolio, including fractional shares, that reflects the investor's preferences. The system then permits aggregation of the orders, and netting of orders, generated by multiple investors at various times during the day for execution. In addition, the structure of the computer-based system of the present invention allows its cost to be based on access to or usage of the system (such as a monthly fee) as opposed to by securities orders entered into the system as per common brokerage. The result is that the investor can create a portfolio of directly owned securities with attributes, such as diversification, similar to a mutual fund. | 08-12-2010 |