BARRA announces new suite of valuation tools.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 1995--BARRA Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BARZ) today announced the release of its enhanced version of Alphabuilder, the valuation component of its equity suite of tools, The BARRA BARRA Bangladesh Rural Reconstruction Association Aegis System. Alphabuilder v2.0 is a Windows-based application that builds and tests stock picking strategies based either on the user's own research or BARRA's return models. The new version delivers investment insight faster with an improved interface and a convenient keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke macrorecorder. Alphabuilder v2.0 also has expanded country coverage and offers many new capabilities such as an Interactive Dividend Discount Model. "Our clients have long appreciated the high quality of the return models provided by Alphabuilder, but they've requested more flexibility in building and testing their custom strategies," said Kamal Duggirala, president of BARRA. "Version 2.0 delivers that flexibility." Alphabuilder v2.0 offers many enhancements including: -- daily return-prediction updates for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Japan and the United Kingdom -- new models for the French and Swiss markets -- easy-to-use backtesting of investment strategies for the U.S. and Japan markets -- new Interactive Dividend Discount Models and Macroeconomic mac·ro·ec·o·nom·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy, such as income, output, and the interrelationship among diverse economic sectors. Models -- an improved keystroke macrorecorder for convenient updating of strategies -- integration with the other equity tools within the BARRA Aegis System BARRA, founded in 1975, provides innovative analytical models, software and services that enable its more than 800 clients worldwide to make superior investment and trading decisions. BARRA's software and services analyze equity, fixed income, currency and other financial markets, and their models are the worldwide standard for communicating portfolio characteristics. Based in Berkeley, BARRA also has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Montreal, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Yokohama, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Sydney. Information on BARRA is also available on-line at http://www.barra.com. CONTACT: BARRA Inc., Berkeley Jennifer Hinchman, 510/649-4548 or Feta Zabeli, 510/649-4525 |
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