A data processing system and method is provided for managing futures
contracts that are based on baskets of credit default swaps as
underlyings. A data storage stores data identifying each credit default
swap of at least two baskets, and repetitively updated values for credit
default swaps of the baskets. A parallelization command is received which
indicates at least one credit default swap from a first basket, wherein
the credit default swap is a credit default swap not having suffered a
credit event. Further, second basket data is generated in response to a
received parallelization command. The data storage stores repetitively
updated values for credit default swaps of the second basket and
continues storing repetitively updated values for credit default swaps of
the first basket. In general, a data processing system and method is
provided for managing bundles of constructs that may individually fail.