| abstract |
A computer data processing system, method and/or computer program product can include a memory coupled to the special purpose processor, the processor configured to: receive electronically, by a special purpose index calculator computer device processor, a universe of publicly traded companies; receive electronically from an electronic data source a plurality of metrics relating to the publicly traded companies, comprising: corporate action data, price data, foreign exchange data, and fundamental financial metric data; combine the plurality of metrics to calculate: a robustness ranking; a dividend yield percentile ranking; and a noncapitalization weighting for the publicly traded companies use the combined metric data to at least one of: a) electronically select or weight constituents of an index based on the combined data; b) electronically select or weight a portfolio of financial objects based on the combined data; or c) electronically allocate assets in a portfolio based on the combined data. |