Re: Liquidated stocks

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Posted by Harry Teder on January 16, 2007 at 13:46:20:

In Reply to: Re: Liquidated stocks posted by Mark on January 16, 2007 at 09:46:55:

: : : Mark -You say, "Liquidated stocks will always report NA for these %Gain figures. This is because for liquidated stocks the Gain equals -1 * Basis, so the %Gain would always be -100....." Would you please explain this further? How would gain 'always' equal 100% of base - it could be more, or less, depending on how the investment did? Thank you

: : Hi Harry,

: : I didn't explain that too clearly... The %Gain uses this formula:

: : %Gain = (End_Value - Cost_Basis)/Cost_Basis

: : For liquidated investments the "End_Value" is $0, so it will always evaluate to -100% after you've sold everything. This isn't a meaningful number, so FM reports NA when for %Gain when you don't own any shares.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Fund Manager - Portfolio Management Software

:
: Hi Harry,

: BTW, if you want to know how much you gained/lost on a liquidated stock, you can find this out from the Capital Gains reports.

: Thanks,
: Mark
: --
: Fund Manager - Portfolio Management Software
Mark - well, yes, but CG-FIFO does not show percent Gain. Custom Report is no help either;the %Gain(end) column bottom line provides the OVERALL % gain AND % gain for currently held stocks, but the liquidated stocks all show N/A. How about a Custom Setting column like %Gain/Loss? Thanks Harry

Replies:

• Re: Liquidated stocks Mark 23:16:55 01/16/07 (3)
  • Re: Liquidated stocks Harry Teder 15:38:32 02/18/07 (2)
    • Re: Liquidated stocks Mark 16:20:50 02/18/07 (1)
      • Re: Liquidated stocks Harry Teder 09:35:16 02/20/07 (0)