Abstract: A system and method are provided for analyzing the fiscal condition of a company based on publicly available information to identify problematic situations. In one embodiment, the relation between two financial indicators is examined. These indicators may be, for example, the earnings-per-share of a company and the operating cash flow-per-share of the company. If record high earnings are achieved yet operating cash-flow is low or negative, the company may be in financial distress.

Abstract: An information resource (IR) and method, and a graphical user interface for accessing data from the information resource. The IR is a collection of data (typically data relating to an entity, such as various securities and company performance data), stored at one or more Web sites or linked. A graphical user interface (GUI) presents to a user a hierarchical arrangement of the data (e.g., company and/or security performance) and analytical tools for their evaluation. The levels of the hierarchy correspond to absolute or comparative degrees of performance. In an embodiment, a Web site is provided having a page which, when addressed by a client browser, provides or serves up a GUI; and in the GUI, parameters to be evaluated are arranged along a first vector and for each said parameter, a plurality of selectable analytical tools are arranged along a second vector.

Abstract: A system, product and method for assisting an individual to analyze a domain-specific parameter, such as a company's security. In a client-server computing environment, the server computer executes computer program instructions to (1) receive from the client computer an identification of a parameter to be analyzed, (2) obtain from a data source a current value for the parameter, and (3) provide to the user computer an evaluation of the current value and an explanation of a possible significance of that evaluation.