Method of administering an investment fund that seeks to provide regular monthly payments without consuming principal

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PATENT NO 8180695
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12209603

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A method of administering an investment fund. The method includes the steps of creating shares for sale, providing a managed distribution schedule identifying a number of payments to be provided during each of consecutive periods, providing an investment strategy for investing in assets to provide funds sufficient to meet the managed distribution schedule, issuing a share to an investor in exchange for funds received from the investor, investing the received funds according to the investment strategy, calculating the value of each of the payments to be provided according to the managed distribution schedule in a period to the investor, and providing each of the payments to the investor during the period. Each payment is calculated according to a formula that specifies that the value of each payment is based on a trailing Net Asset Value (NAV) of the investor's share.

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THE VANGUARD GROUP INC100 VANGUARD BOULEVARD V26 MALVERN PA 19355

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ameriks, John Malvern, US 5 42
Buhl, John Wayne, US 5 42
Delk, Edward Paoli, US 5 42
Hyatt, Kathryn Wayne, US 5 42
Narayanan, Ranga Exton, US 5 42
Travis, Shawn Wayne, US 5 42
Wallick, Daniel Haverford, US 5 42

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