In microsoft.public.money, Marcia wrote:

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Is it your contention that dividends are not part of "return" in
your opinion?


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I have sent this to the MS Money people several times and NOTHING has been
FIXED. Good to see I am not alone.
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Dear Microsoft Support People,

I have found an easy way to explain the problem with the Investment Reports
in Microsoft Money 2006 Premium.

Okay, go to the Microsoft Money SAMPLE Money file and open it up.

Now, go to the reports and pick either:

Performance by Investment Type
Performance by Investment Account

Go to “Customize� and take out the beginning date (or show all to date).

Click on “Show Calculation Details�

Now, view the report…..

The very first stock listed, “Blue Yonder Airlines� is a classic example of
what is now happening.

Take the Value for Today’s Date (I will use the dates and amounts of
February 6, 2006 for example).

The report shows:

$352,695.00 for the BUYS
$ 1,172.60 for the INCOME
$352,625.00 for the VALUE ON 2/6/2006
$352,695.00 for the COST BASIS
$ 1,102.50 for the RETURN FOR PERIOD

Okay, subtract the VALUE ON 2/6/2006 from the BUYS

$352,625.00 (VALUE)
$352,695.00 (BUYS)
$ -70.00 = RETURN for the PERIOD

The report shows a return of $1,102.50. NO, NO, NO. This is not the real
return (GAIN) but the income plus or minus the gain/loss for the value of the
stock.

I hope this helps and again, the Portfolio Page has the correct numbers in
the GAIN column and my reports from Microsoft Money 2004 are correct.

I simply cannot believe that nobody else across America has found this
little programming glitch – which I would think should be easy to fix.