Weird distribution amount in Investment Perf. report

[Djobydjoba]

Hi Mark,

I have a strange figure in the Investment Performance report, date range 01/01/2020 to today, for the cash account investment:

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I don't understand where the Distrib. figure comes from. They are no positive distributions in this cash account investment, only account fee. Here are the distributions for the date range:

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Any idea?

Edit: it seems it's the addition of the Dist/Shr.. But I don't understand more...

[Mark]

Hi Djobydjoba,

The "Investment Performance" report shows per-share amounts. The "Distrib." column is showing the distributions per share, which you can see in the "Dist/Shr" column in the Data Register. This is a number determined by Fund Manager based on the distribution amount, dates, and the number of shares owned over those dates. When you record a distribution in cash, you enter the date range for the period where that distribution was earned. Think of interest in a cash account, where you may receive interest at the end of a month, that was earned over that whole month.

As far as the amount being positive, what is your share balance in cash? Is it negative?

[Djobydjoba]

My share balance in cash is 0,00 at the report date.

In fact, this is not a real cash account at the broker side. For each account I have, I prefer to use a cash account systematically, as a "transit hub". I charge the fees that can't be associated specifically with another investment in the account to this virtual cash account, so at the end of a transaction the share balance of this cash is always 0,00.

I don't understand the logical: a negative distribution (account fee), but a positive Dist/Sht..

[Mark]

Hi Djobydjoba,

The dist/share is determined by the average share balance over the whole period you enter in the dialog. The report date doesn't affect this. See the 2 dates in the dialog where you edit that distribution.

It is confusing, but if you have a negative distribution on a negative share balance, you'll get a positive dist/share.

[Djobydjoba]

Thanks for the explanation. All is normal, then... Thanks.