摘要 |
System and method for forecasting financial performance of a firm in the form of a financial statement and analyzing data-defined dependencies among its own line items and between its line items and those of other firms. Inputs comprise financial statements of a given firm and additionally of other firms, as well as macroeconomic data and user-provided forecasts of particular line items. A forecast of the complete or partial financial statement for the given firm is generated. The system and method also provide quantification of data-defined dependences between line items of the same or different firms. Data-defined dependencies are selectively displayed, and users can be interactively navigated through the chains of dependencies. The invention enables users to create alternative forecasts, each corresponding to a user-provided forecast for particular set of line items.
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