Re: performance

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In Reply to: performance posted by csc on June 03, 2005 at 09:44:38:

: Your performance measurement function appears to produce some odd results. How is it possible for a money market fund to show negative returns?

: Suppose we have a position with an original cost of 100, and a current value of 110. Specifically, how do I produce a report showing the 100 cost, current value, the 10 gain and a percentage gain of 10%, skipping the effect of dividend income?

: Thanks.

Hello csc,

Which performance measurement function are you looking at? Is this some report? Which field are you looking at? From within any report you can choose "Help / Help on Report", and it will describe how each figure is calculated. This may help explain the results.

Most performance figures are set up to include the effects of dividends... You could use these fields in a Custom report:

Out of pocket basis (current)
Value (ending)
Gain (current)
%Gain (current)

The "Out of pocket basis (current)" field will report your cost on the currently owned shares. It is however reduced by the amount of any distributions you received in cash.

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

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