Abstract: A rules-based commodity index methodology which is based on the performance of a fully margined or collateralized portfolio of 14 futures contracts with equal weights from six commodity sectors: energy, precious metals, industrial metals, grains, softs and livestock.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2013
Publication date:
February 27, 2014
Applicant:
SUMMERHAVEN INDEX MANAGEMENT LLC
Inventors:
K. Geert Rouwenhorst, Adam Dunsby, Kurt J. Nelson, Ashraf R. Rizvi
Abstract: A computer-generated copper index usable as an investment benchmark for copper as an asset is based on a determination of eligible copper futures contracts based on an evaluation of backwardation or Contango, SCI excess return, and SCI total return.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 31, 2012
Publication date:
August 29, 2013
Applicant:
SUMMERHAVEN INDEX MANAGEMENT, LLC
Inventors:
K. Geert ROUWENHORST, Adam Dunsby, Kurt J. Nelson, Ashraf R. Rizvi