Re: Data entry and aggregation for multiple accounts
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Posted by Mark on June 04, 2000 at 19:17:48:
In Reply to: Re: Data entry and aggregation for multiple accounts posted by Ross Stone on June 04, 2000 at 17:54:18:
: : : June 2, 2000 : : : Mark - : : : I've entered a fair amount of data, but I'm only just started. I think
: : : I need some guidance on how best to set up the data to get the program to do
: : : what I need. I have multiple brokerage accounts (8-10), each of which typically
: : : contains a money-market fund of some kind, along with as many as five mutual
: : : funds (these are IRAs, Keoghs, regular accounts, and family trust accounts).
: : : Many of the accounts contain many of the same funds. I'm treating each account
: : : as a portfolio. Since the number of shares, the investments, and the purchases
: : : for the same fund held in different accounts differs, I've been entering each
: : : fund in each account as a separate investment. I can then aggregate the
: : : investments from two or more accounts into "super-portfolios," in order to get
: : : an idea of how a group of accounts is doing overall. However, one of the key
: : : things I want to be able to do is to track and adjust asset allocation across
: : : groups of accounts. For that, I need to have two things happen. First, when I
: : : create a super-portfolio containing A's Fidelity Contrafund, B's Fidelity
: : : Contrafund, and C's Fidelity Contrafund (where A, B, and C are each separate
: : : accounts), I would like to have the total Fidelity Contrafund holdings shown,
: : : rather than each investment being separated (e.g., in a pie chart of the
: : : super-portfolio holdings). Second, I had to define assest types (financials,
: : : technology, utlities, consumer cyclicals, etc.) for each investment when I
: : : first put it in (e.g., the first occurrence of Fidelity Contrafund). I'm now
: : : having to re-enter all of those types (and then, the actual allocation) for
: : : each new occurrence of that investment. That's a HUGE amount of duplicate data
: : : entry. Furthermore, since each occurrence of Fidelity Contrafund is treated as
: : : a separate investment, I'm not sure if I'll get the aggregation of asset
: : : allocation when I look at one of these super-portfolios. Is there a better way
: : : to do this? If not, can you recommend a piece of software that will let me
: : : accomplish what I want, hopefully with less duplicate data entry? : : : I do like Fund Manager and I think it is a very nicely done package
: : : (and I did just send in the registration fee). Thanks for your help, and take
: : : care. : : : Ross : : : W. Ross Stone, PhD
: : : E-mail: 71221.621@compuserve.com : : Hi Ross,
: : To address your first question, use one of the portfolio pie or stacked
: : graph types with the "Symbol" selection to get a graph grouped by symbol,
: : so it will combine all investments with the same symbol into one pie slice
: : or stack group.
: : As far as duplicate entry on multiple investments for asset allocation,
: : I can make one suggestion that may help. When creating the second investment,
: : instead of creating it from new, you could copy the investment file (*.dat)
: : to a new name. This would give you a starting point wherever you want.
: : Once the investments are set up, you would have to modify the allocation %
: : for each investment though... : : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Mark Beiley
: :
: : Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
: :
: : : Mark - : Choosing "symbol" is a good suggestion. Thanks. I did try starting from a previous
: investment file, rather than creating a new investment. However, using Edit...
: All Data..., the program wouldn't let me delete (so I could re-insert it) or
: otherwise change the initial investment - which, of course, would be different
: for each instance of the same fund held in a different account. If you can tell
: me how to make that change, then it will indeed save having to re-enter all of
: the asset allocation information for each fund that is the same in the various
: accounts, and that would be a tremendous help. Thanks. : Ross Hi Ross,
You can delete any investment data from within "Edit/All Data...". To
delete transactions, make sure to select the "Investments (all)" data
type, rather than "Prices". Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
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