Reports - Best for Gains, ROI's, Yields - Inputs and Results

[akahrim]

Mark…now that I have entered all data from past 34 years I would like to do some analysis using reports. I have reviewed some of the posts and got some clues but I still have a few questions.
1) What is the best report to see Gains, Capital Gains, ROIs, and Yields taking into account Buys and Sells, Deposits,Interest paid to brokers (margin interest), Dividends, Foreign taxes and any other cash flows in and out of Brokerage account.
2) Where should all Interest, Dividends, Taxes, and any other cash flows in and out be entered? In a cash account or some place else?
3) If a Brokerage account has a cash account associated with it, and all cash flows in and out are reflected in this Brokerage account - will a report on just the Brokerage account be sufficient to show Gains, Capital Gains, ROI's, Yields.

I have played around with report Preferences and Custom Settings but I am still not sure about the results of the report. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks
AK

[Mark]

Hi AK,

1) The "Capital Gains" report is good for seeing your realized gains/losses. The "Portfolio Performance" report is good for seeing your gains, and yields (ROI).

2) They should be recorded in wherever they really go in your case. If you have a cash account, then they should go in there. If they are mailed to you as a check, then they don't need to be recorded in your cash account. To track cash, you create an investment for it. FM can automatically record all your cash transaction in a "Default Cash Account". To read more about this feature, see:

http://fundmanagersoftware.com/help/def ... _cash.html

3) Yes, just record everything as it happened in that account.