A tool implemented in a computer system for analyzing the performance of a
set of investment opportunities (FIG. 2). The tool operates in a
screening mode whose displayed results permit the user to compare
performance of the investment opportunities over time (211) and in a
fitting mode whose displayed results permit the user to compare
performance of pairs of the investment opportunities with regard to
diversity of risk (213). In the screening mode, the investments are
compared with regard to a number of different metrics. Included in the
metrics is the Hunter Ratio, a pseudo-reliability metric. In the fitting
mode, the correlation coefficient and Blend Anxiety of the returns of
pairs of investment opportunities are measured. The Blend Anxiety is
computed using the covariance of the returns. A graphical user interface
for the tool permits the user to select investment opportunities, asset
classes, benchmarks, kinds of calculations, and periods of time over
which the calculations are to be performed (201). The results of both the
screening mode and the fitting mode are displayed to the user in the form
of spreadsheets.