Patents Assigned to First Trust Portfolios L.P.
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Publication number: 20140058979Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Christopher Peterson, Dan Waldron
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Patent number: 8595118Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Chris Peterson, Dan Waldron
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Patent number: 8346649Abstract: Provided are methods and computer software applications for generating a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, through using a plurality of growth factors and a plurality of value factors to rank stocks, and for constructing investment vehicles based on the stock portfolio. The method, software application, or computer apparatus of the present technology employs a novel stock selection strategy to select stocks from a pre-selected universe of securities such as a commercially available stock market index in order to create a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, and a fund based thereon that can generate positive alpha as compared to a fund based on the pre-selected universe of securities.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: Dan Waldron, David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Christopher Peterson
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Patent number: 8301538Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Chris Peterson, Dan Waldron
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Patent number: 7987130Abstract: Provided are methods and computer software applications for generating a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, through using a plurality of growth factors and a plurality of value factors to rank stocks, and for constructing investment vehicles based on the stock portfolio. The method, software application, or computer apparatus of the present technology employs a novel stock selection strategy to select stocks from a pre-selected universe of securities such as a commercially available stock market index in order to create a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, and a fund based thereon that can generate positive alpha as compared to a fund based on the pre-selected universe of securities.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: Dan Waldron, David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Chris Peterson
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Patent number: 7949591Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: David McGarel, Robert Hensley, Chris Peterson, Dan Waldron
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Patent number: 7340425Abstract: A method is provided for selecting a portfolio of securities for investment purposes and then deciding the quantity of shares of each selected security in the portfolio.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: First Trust Portfolios, L.P.Inventors: Michael R. Boyle, Chuck R. Craig
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Patent number: 7206760Abstract: A method is provided for selecting a portfolio of securities for investment purposes. Specifically, the method utilizes three types of securities-related data: price appreciation, return-on-assets ratio, and price-to-cashflow ratio. A group of securities is ranked by price appreciation, return-on-assets ratio, and price-to-cashflow ratio; a number of the securities having the highest average rank are selected for investment.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: First Trust Portfolios L.P.Inventors: Robert Carey, Greg McIntyre