Re: Merging Portfolios

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In Reply to: Re: Merging Portfolios posted by Gary Wilson on August 25, 2003 at 18:28:05:

: : : : : As I understand it if the same stock is owned in multiple portfolios it is unable to be merged as one item in the "all" portfolio. This might result in the same stock commanding several lines in the "all" portfolio. This seems a common "bugbear" with a number of users.

: : : : : 1. Has anyone found a work around solution?

: : : : : 2. Is this issue likely to be covered in upgraded versions?

: : : : Hi Gary,

: : : : You can track the same stock from multiple portfolios, and have them all

: : : : also in a single "all" portfolio. They just each need to have separate

: : : : filenames, or be stored in different directories. If you owned IBM

: : : : from 2 brokerages, save the investments as IBM1.dat and IBM2.dat, or put

: : : : them each in their own directory, and then you could call them both IBM.dat.

: : : : When you put both IBM1.dat and IBM2.dat into the "all" portfolio, they

: : : : will each show up on their own line in reports. Are you asking to have

: : : : all the IBM's from different brokerages merged into a single line in a

: : : : report?

: : : : Currently, the only time these 2 different investments get counted

: : : : together is in the "Pie Chart / Symbol" and "Stacked Value / Symbol"

: : : : graphs.

: : : : Thanks,

: : : : Mark

: : : : --

: : : : Mark Beiley

: : : :

: : : : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP

: : : :

: : : Thanks Mark for you fast reply - yes it would be great if two parcels of the same stock would be merged on one line - obviously we are talking about Master & sub portfolios. What are chances of this being done? :-)

: : Hi Gary,

: : Master and sub portfolios is definitely something we would like to add.

: : Thanks for the feedback, that helps.

: : Thanks,

: : Mark

: : --

: : Mark Beiley

: :

: : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP

: :

: Thanks for that feedback. As a matter of fact I looked at Fund Manager a few years back and was attracted to software - but lack of Master Portfolio-sub portfolio resulted in me keeping what I had - I have only revisited after having a major meltdown which has - whatever the scenario - forced a manual reconstruction of my data. I have decided I will try & live with those multiple lines in the "all" portfolio. ;-(

: A couple of matters;

: 1. Do you know of a download source of historic Australian exchange rates.

: 2. Can you consider new parameter for Date Range being "from first purchase {in current series)" so graph will show full pattern since first purchase of stock occurred (presumes there is pre existing price data)

: Lastly will stop nattering & go and register! :-)

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your order.

1)
Check out this site for historical Australian
prices. I'm not sure if they have exchange rates. In taking a quick
glance, I didn't see them.

2)
By "in current series", do you mean the first purchase that you still
own shares from? So, if you had some earlier purchases, but sold them,
these would be excluded from the date range?

Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Beiley

Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP

Replies:

• Re: Merging Portfolios Gary Wilson 04:30:13 08/26/03 (0)
• Re: Merging Portfolios Gary Wilson 04:27:49 08/26/03 (0)