Re: Performance reports with Cash

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In Reply to: Performance reports with Cash posted by Didier on August 20, 2005 at 15:16:46:

: Hi Mark,

: I Have some small problem finding the optimal structure for my portfolios/subportfolios and cash accounts.
: I wanted to modify the structure, but I could not find a cut-paste function for complete sub-porfolios.
: So I made new sub portfolios, mades copies of others to move them and deleted the originals portfolios. Bad idea, the software kept crashing whenever I tried to make a report or open an investment. Now I have to rebuild from top if I want the new structure.

: What started this, was when I made performance reports and noticed that the cash accounts show negative performances when cash was removed.
: If the cash investment is in a portfolio, it affects the whole performance, but I do not fully understand the logic of this.
: For me, the idea of the cash accounts with different currencies is that I will move cash from one to the other to edge for currency risks. If I think the US dollar will decline, the I move my dollars into Euros or Swiss francs, but then the portfolio that holds the USD CASH investment will show a massive performance decline.
: This means I have to separate the cash accounts into a different "branch" of portfolios. Or is there another possibility?
: When I move all cash investments around, I suspect I will have some "side effects" later when I import the transactions.
: Should I use one portfolio structure to import my transactions, and another one to do the other things, like reports and graphs and so on?

Hi Didier,

Very recently we've fixed a bug that could cause crashing after you delete sub-portfolios. This fix has been incorporated into the upcoming 7.4 release, but if you'd like to try it out beforehand, just send me an email, and I can point you to a pre-release with this bug fix. We can see if it fixes the crashing problem you've experienced.

What performance figure is showing negative performance for cash accounts? Normally, cash accounts are kept at a constant $1 share price, and therefore the yields are only affected by distributions and account fees, not money that is added/removed at the same $1 share price.

Also, you can use the Portfolio Editor (View / Portfolio Editor) to copy/paste entire branches of sub-portfolios. You can use copy/paste across portfolio files (*.mm4), or even within a given portfolio file. You can also use drag/drop to move or copy sub-portfolios and investments.

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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