Securities' value monitor program

A computer-based method to enable users to comparatively monitor a fair value for a security, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a computer configured to receive a data file of securities information that includes identity of security, identifier, market value, par value/shares, SFAS 157 Level disclosure, from a network, wherein the computer performs the steps of:
• verifying the data file to confirm proper type of characters in each field of the data file are being used, pricing being limited to a predetermined date range, no zero or null values in each field, and reviewing outlier data;
• displaying a warning for rejected data and acceptance notice for accepted data;
• uploading accepted data from the data file to the computer;
• merging accepted data from the data file with corresponding data provided by other contributors relevant to the security to create merged data;
• displaying a notice when merging is complete;
• analyzing the merged data to create key performance indicators including absolute price deviation, standard deviation, minimum price, maximum price, mean price, median price, 2 sigma low, 2 sigma high, 1 standard deviation 118, measure of the dispersion of Unit Prices provided by all contributors;
• creating a data table of securities from the data files uploaded to the computer, wherein the data table identifies the number of other contributors, SFAS 157 Level, SFAS 157 deviation and key performance indicators;
• filtering out identities of names of contributors to keep source of securities pricing information anonymous;
• calculating percentage of contributors who have selected SPAS 157 Levels other than the SFAS 157 Level disclosed in the upload;
• selectively creating a report selected from a group consisting of deviations, price and markets, and analysis;
• wherein the deviations report comprises statistical fair value evaluation, SFAS 157 Level, and trend analysis categories;
• wherein the prices and markets report comprises market value by product type, regional breakdown, and contributor type categories;
• wherein the analysis report comprises default analysis and customizable value analysis categories;
• creating user-manipulable reports from the key performance indicators
• comparing user price paid to other valuations to gauge whether the particular valuation is a fair value.