BARRA releases Alphabuilder Historical Analysis System.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 1994--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) Tuesday announced the addition of an historical analysis system to The Alphabuilder System, its stock valuation tool. Alphabuilder 1.3B with Historical Analysis evaluates the information content of potential investment strategies for U.S. equities -- without requiring the manual construction of historical portfolios. The PC-based system allows money managers to efficiently create, analyze and trade-off multiple investment strategies. "The historical analysis capability complements our existing stock valuation tools," said Andrew Rudd, chairman and chief executive officer at BARRA BARRA Bangladesh Rural Reconstruction Association . "Now BARRA provides a complete valuation and research system for money managers." The Alphabuilder System, which is available 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. , U.K. and Japanese equity markets, is an integrated Microsoft Windows-based package that combines advanced return forecasting and analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics. 2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner. 3. Psychoanalytic. tools with valuation models and data. The new Historical Analysis product, which is currently available only for U.S. equities, also allows money managers to: -- Easily test and compare valuation models. -- Test models over a time period of 10 years and a database of more than 7,000 assets. -- Determine how valuation strategies perform net of market, industry and risk factors. -- View historical performance for selected time periods in a variety of ways. -- Determine if a manager's alphas could be used to develop profitable investment strategies. The Alphabuilder System runs under Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 3.1 and requires 10 megabytes of RAM, 10 megabytes of hard disk space and a CD drive. BARRA, founded in 1975, provides innovative analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. models, software and services that enable its more than 750 clients worldwide to make superior investment and trading decisions. BARRA's software and services analyze equity, fixed-income, currency and other financial markets. 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. For instant fax packets containing more information on BARRA products, call their fax-on-demand number 800/75-BARRA (22772), extension 516. -0- Note to Editors: Beta user names are available upon request. CONTACT: BARRA Inc.
Feta Zabeli, 510/548-5442
Susanna Cesar, 510/649-4638
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