Re: Portfolio Performance Report Interpretaion

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In Reply to: Re: Portfolio Performance Report Interpretaion posted by Dan Eastes on August 13, 2002 at 19:41:35:

: : : Mark,

: : : I thought I understand the major features of FM, but I'm puzzled about the Portfolio Performance Report after making redemptions of all shares in a couple of investments. Please provide interpretation of the follow information on one investment:

: : : value of shares purchased over time: $10,189. (from All Data)
: : : value of distributions reinvested over time: $3675. (from All Data)
: : : value of liquidation of all shares: $12,592. (from All Data)

: : : Portfolio Performance reports returns the following:

: : : beginning value: 0 (correct)
: : : invested: -$2374. (?)
: : : distributions: 0 (?)
: : : end value: 0 (correct)
: : : gain: $2373 (?)
: : : % Gain: NA (?)
: : : Yield: 6.15 (don't know)

: : : Thanks,
: : : Dan

: : Hi Dan,

: : From within any report you can choose "Help/Help on Report" and you will
: : see descriptions and/or formulas for all of the columns reported in that
: : report. Sometimes the short column labels aren't descriptive enough
: : to tell exactly what that column includes.

: : The "Invested" column of this report is cash flow due to purchases/redemptions.
: : The purchases only include out of pocket purchases, not reinvestments.

: : The "Distributions" column only reports on distributed distributions, not
: : reinvested distributions.

: : For descriptions and equations for the gain/yield figures please see the
: : online help (Help/Help on Report) while viewing this report.

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

: Hi Mark,

: I understand the basics of the formulas for the columns reported in the report. My question was whether the report was consistent with the input data. As an example, how does one reconcile -$2374 in the invested column with the input data, even if reinvested distributions aren't considered?

: Thanks,
: Dan

Hi Dan,

: : value of shares purchased over time: $10,189. (from All Data)

Does this include only out of pocket purchases, or does it also include
reinvestments? It should only include out of pocket purchases, which
you can see in "Edit/All Data..." with the "Purchases" data type selected.

: : value of distributions reinvested over time: $3675. (from All Data)
: : value of liquidation of all shares: $12,592. (from All Data)

: : invested: -$2374. (?)

The way to reconcile this is to look at "Purchases" and "Redemptions" in
"Edit/All Data". Please don't include reinvestments to reconcile this column.
If you are still unable to reproduce this number please feel free to send
me your investment, along with your calculations, and I can try to help
out better.

Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Beiley

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

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