Re: Subportfolios

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In Reply to: Re: Subportfolios posted by David J Goldberg on October 22, 2005 at 11:14:36:

: Hi Mark
: Well looks like may have to try your level of patience, so will ask you to bear with me.
: Saved my total portfolio as My Portfolio_1 and started to work on it, created as many Subportfolios as needed.(that works fine)
: Then tried first by copy/paste, or as left click move the selected securities, but the results much the same, the new subportfolios have;
: a} all shares moved then they not longer show on the Master screen(remember I still want a general view with all securities.
: b)the Portfolio Value report starts to show increased values, the original plus the subportfolio's.
: Not sure how to proceed.
: thanks again.
: PS: I tried the FAQ and tutorial, just want to avoid having to create new portfolios and then transfer to a new Master
: Sorry, David

Hi David,

What are you referring to as the "Master screen"? Have you read through this
particular tutorial:

http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/tutor_ports.html

I can point out one issue that may be causing confusion. If you own the same stock or fund in multiple portfolios, you'll want to create a new investment for each account holding that investment. This way you can track the transactions separately. Maybe this is not the case for you, I'm not sure. You can also have the same exact investment file located in multiple sub-portfolios. In this case whenever you modify that one investment, it will affect all the sub-portfolios that contain that investment. When you copy an investment from one sub-portfolio to another, you are making another instance of that same investment file. Look at the "Location" and "filename" of the investment to see if it is the exact same investment as located in another portfolio. Different investment files can have the same name/symbol, but the filenames would be unique.

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

Replies:

• Re: Subportfolios David J Goldberg 16:58:03 10/22/05 (4)
  • Re: Subportfolios Mark 21:25:47 10/22/05 (3)
    • Re: Subportfolios David J Goldberg 22:17:18 10/22/05 (2)
      • Re: Subportfolios David J Goldberg 10:52:14 10/23/05 (1)
        • Re: Subportfolios Mark 12:21:26 10/23/05 (0)