Having % Return accurately reflect cash deposits

#1 02-13-2006, 08:27 AM

Hi Joe-
Thanks for your response. I am doing it as a transfer so I guess it is
working then. Two more quick questions if you don't mind:

-Which is a more accurate view of my performance: % Gain or Total % Return?
-Is there anyway to get a graph with my % return compared to the major
indexes since the start of my portfolio?

Thank you again for your help - I appreciate it,
-Dan

"Joe Guidera" <jguidera[at]msn.com.remove> wrote in message
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> Are you performing a transfer into the brokerage account or two
> transactions (a withdrawl from your checking account and a deposit to the
> brokerage)? If you're performing a transfer and then subsequently perform
> a purchase of stock from the cash position, Money should be calculating
> correctly.
> --
> ----------- > Joe Guidera
> jguidera[at]msn.com.remove
> "Dan" <danorth[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23NfGu7KGHA.2036[at]TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Hi-
> > I am trying to figure out if Money 2006 provides a way for me to get an
> > accurate picture of what the "real" % return I have received over the
> > last few years accounting for dividends, commissions, etc. The problem
> > is that whenever I deposit some cash into my brokerage account it shows
> > up as increasing the cash position and therefore all my overall gains /
> > losses for my portfolio decrease as they now represent a smaller share of
> > the overall value. What I want to do though is generate some sort of
> > report or number that I can go back month by month and put into Excel
> > that will be give me a % return adjusted for the increased cash position.
> > I am not sure if Money does this already and I hope I am being clear.
> > What I basically want is that when I add $1,000 to the account to not
> > have it alter the % return at all since in my mind I did not really
> > invest it, I just transferred it to a place where I can invest it easier.
> > If this goes against all standard ways of measuring returns please let me
> > know but it seems more accurate not to count it so I can hopefully
> > generate a graph comparing my performance year-to-year to the S&P500,
> > DJIA, NASDAQ, etc.
> > -Dan
>

02-12-2006, 04:12 AM

Are you performing a transfer into the brokerage account or two transactions
(a withdrawl from your checking account and a deposit to the brokerage)? If
you're performing a transfer and then subsequently perform a purchase of
stock from the cash position, Money should be calculating correctly.

--

----------- Joe Guidera
jguidera[at]msn.com.remove

"Dan" <danorth[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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- quote -

> Hi-
> I am trying to figure out if Money 2006 provides a way for me to get an
> accurate picture of what the "real" % return I have received over the last
> few years accounting for dividends, commissions, etc. The problem is that
> whenever I deposit some cash into my brokerage account it shows up as
> increasing the cash position and therefore all my overall gains / losses
> for my portfolio decrease as they now represent a smaller share of the
> overall value. What I want to do though is generate some sort of report
> or number that I can go back month by month and put into Excel that will
> be give me a % return adjusted for the increased cash position.
> I am not sure if Money does this already and I hope I am being clear.
> What I basically want is that when I add $1,000 to the account to not have
> it alter the % return at all since in my mind I did not really invest it,
> I just transferred it to a place where I can invest it easier. If this
> goes against all standard ways of measuring returns please let me know but
> it seems more accurate not to count it so I can hopefully generate a graph
> comparing my performance year-to-year to the S&P500, DJIA, NASDAQ, etc.
> -Dan

#-1 02-07-2006, 06:53 AM

Hi-
I am trying to figure out if Money 2006 provides a way for me to get an
accurate picture of what the "real" % return I have received over the last
few years accounting for dividends, commissions, etc. The problem is that
whenever I deposit some cash into my brokerage account it shows up as
increasing the cash position and therefore all my overall gains / losses for
my portfolio decrease as they now represent a smaller share of the overall
value. What I want to do though is generate some sort of report or number
that I can go back month by month and put into Excel that will be give me a
% return adjusted for the increased cash position.
I am not sure if Money does this already and I hope I am being clear. What
I basically want is that when I add $1,000 to the account to not have it
alter the % return at all since in my mind I did not really invest it, I
just transferred it to a place where I can invest it easier. If this goes
against all standard ways of measuring returns please let me know but it
seems more accurate not to count it so I can hopefully generate a graph
comparing my performance year-to-year to the S&P500, DJIA, NASDAQ, etc.
-Dan

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