Re: Average cost of a share

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In Reply to: Average cost of a share posted by Artheur on November 22, 2003 at 13:10:24:

: Where can I see the average cost / share

Hi Artheur,

There are a couple of places. You can see the out of pocket cost / share
plotted versus time with the "Cost - Price" graph type.

In the "Custom" report you can use these field:

Average out of pocket purchase price (Current).

Tax basis per share, FIFO (ending)

Tax basis per share, AVG (ending)

The first one is how much money has left your pocket to own the
shares you currently own.

The last 2 are the tax basis, using either the FIFO or AVG cost accounting
methods. The tax basis can be different than your "out of pocket" cost
due to distributions.

If a fund pays a distributed dividend your tax basis stays the same, but
your out of pocket cost would decrease. From within the Custom report choose
"Help/Help on Report" for more information on these fields.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley

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

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