Patents by Inventor Harold J. A. Haig

Harold J. A. Haig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7848987
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Cabot Research, LLC
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Patent number: 7756769
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Cabot Research, LLC
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Patent number: 7680717
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cabot Research, LLC
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Publication number: 20080109377
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Publication number: 20080071696
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Publication number: 20080071695
    Abstract: A portfolio-analysis tool receives data that describe an actual portfolio. It computes from those data the returns or other performance measures of hypothetical portfolios whose holdings are drawn from the assets that the actual portfolio held during some period. Among the purposes of doing so is to detect biases made in investment-portfolio actions of the type taken, for instance, to accommodate cash inflows and withdrawals. For that purpose, differences between the hypothetical portfolio and the actual portfolio are so made as to offset portfolio actions identified by finding differences between the weights that positions actually exhibit and the weights they would result from return only. Returns for the hypothetical portfolio are computed by calculating an offset return incrementally, one such offset at a time, and then computing the hypothetical portfolio's return as the sum of quantities proportional to the offset return and that of the actual portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventor: Harold J. A. Haig
  • Publication number: 20020035530
    Abstract: A computer system or computer-implemented process THAT analyzes pools of loans by considering the combination of interest rates and credit quality which drive asset performance or by incorporating financial reporting. The analysis is called credit-driven because the level of prepayment simulated for each asset in the pool is modulated separately over a projection period based on the projected financial performance of the underlying collateral. Prepayments occur when prepayment is permitted and refinancing results in some specified level of net new proceeds. Similarly, this analysis modulates the level of default simulated for each asset in the pool separately over a projection period. Credit-driven defaults occur when the underlying collateral's net income is insufficient to cover debt service. Following a specified delay, the severity of loss may be computed to reflect the underlying collateral's performance and financeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ERVOLINI, HAROLD J.A. HAIG, MICHAEL A. MEGLIOLA