Abstract: A decision grid is generated for communicating financial information to clients. The decision grid includes one or more rows and respective columns. A graphical user interface (GUI) display is provided for building and displaying the decision grid. The one or more rows of the decision grid are electronically populated with outcome boxes. Each of the outcome boxes represents and texturally communicates a different outcome scenario. The respective columns of the decision grid are electronically populated with different financial related plans. An icon is electronically entered for at least some of each row/column pair in the decision grid. The icon represents whether the financial related plan represented by the column will work for the outcome scenario represented by the corresponding row. The decision grid and the entered icons provide a visual matrix of financial information for clients.

Abstract: A tangible computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method including: receiving information indicative of a plurality of financial related plans; receiving information indicative of a plurality of future events; and presenting a visual matrix including additional information about each of the plurality of financial plans, based at least in part upon a product of a probability of at least one of the plurality of future events occurring and a return of each of the financial related plans if the at least one of the future events occurs.