Re: Overall Gain/Loss Including Reinvested Distributions

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In Reply to: Re: Overall Gain/Loss Including Reinvested Distributions posted by David A on October 11, 2004 at 07:42:00:

: : : : : Mark: In an old message: Profit / Loss posted by Jeff on June 04, 2003 at 22:50:45:, you explained the "Gain (between)" field, defined as Gain = End Value + Sells + Dist. - Buys - Beg Value.

: : : : : How can I obtain a overall gain measure like with any Reinvested Distributions also included?

: : : : Hi David,

: : : : The reinvested distributions are essentially included in the End Value.
: : : : Can you give me an example, of what calculation you'd like to see with the
: : : : reinvestments?

: : : : Thanks,
: : : : Mark
: : : : --
: : : : Mark Beiley
: : : : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003
: : : :

: : : I want this measure to show the potential taxable gain/loss in the investment if it were to be sold.

: : : For example, given a simple no-load mutual fund investment that has its distributions regularly reinvested, the cost basis would be the fund purchase amount plus the sum of all reinvestments. The taxable gain/loss would be the End Value minus the cost basis.

: : : For an investment that may have many reinvested distribution amounts over the years, plus other possibles types of transactions, it is not easy to manually calculate the gain/loss tax consequences of a potential sale. For a large portfolio containing many investments, it's even more difficult assess tax impacts and easily choose investments to sell or hold.

: : : Hope this helps to explain my question.

: : Hi David,

: : These fields are available now in the "Custom" report. See:

: : Tax basis, FIFO (ending)
: : Tax basis unrealized gain, FIFO (ending)
: : Tax basis, AVG (ending)
: : Tax basis unrealized gain, AVG (ending)

: : These do include the cost of any reinvestments.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Mark Beiley
: : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003
: :

: OK, thanks. This leads to a few more questions.

: Where can I find the definitions/explanations of these fields and others in the program?

: Is there a way to add a title to the custom report in place of the "Custom" label?

I just found the answers to my questions, so you can disregard my last post. Thanks again, Mark.

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