Inventors:
Stuart J. Rosenthal - Cranford NJ, US
William J. Smalley - New York NY, US
Robert Stanley Tull - Levittown PA, US
Richard W. Roll - Culver City CA, US
Assignee:
Factor Advisors, LLC - New York NY
International Classification:
G06Q 40/06
Abstract:
An inventive computerized investment method and process is disclosed that comprises the creation, calculation, and use of a “Roll Yield” Index, which is a function of a futures contract “rolling” methodology that may vary depending on the underlying commodity, and a systematic rebalancing mechanism for portfolio management of long/short commodity futures index products. Both the Roll Yield Index and the long/short portfolios have the same investment objective to deliver the spread, or difference, between two or more futures contracts on the same underlying commodity with different expiration dates.