Apparatus, method and system for adaptively managing investments

A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for managing three or more investments, each investment having one or more characteristics, the computer program comprising:

• a code segment for creating three or more investment agents, each investment agent having one or more characteristics;
• a code segment for selecting an investment for each investment agent by comparing the investment agent's one or more characteristics to the investment's one or more characteristics;
• a code segment for acquiring the selected investment for each investment agent if the selected investment is not currently owned by the investment agent;
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• a code segment for managing the selected investments by evaluating the performance of each investment agent, eliminating each investment agent whose performance is less than a specified performance level, scheduling the selected investment for each eliminated investment agent for sale, and creating one or more new investment agents, each new investment agent having one or more characteristics derived from two or more of the investment agents whose performance is equal to or greater than the specified performance level.

A system for managing three or more investments, each investment having one or more characteristics, the system comprising:

• a computer;
• means for purchasing and selling the three or more investments;
• a communications link connecting the computer to the investment purchasing and selling means;
• a database communicably linked to the computer for storing three or more investment agents, each agent having one or more characteristics;
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• a computer program resident on the computer for creating the three or more investment agents, selecting an investment for each investment agent by comparing the investment agent's one or more characteristics to the investment's one or more characteristics, acquiring the selected investment for each investment agent if the selected investment is not currently owned by the investment agent, and managing the selected investments by evaluating the performance of each investment agent, eliminating each investment agent whose performance is less than a specified performance level, scheduling the selected investment for each eliminated investment agent for sale, and creating one or more new investment agents, each new investment agent having one or more characteristics derived from two or more of the investment agents whose performance is equal to or greater than the specified performance level.