Portfolio Performance Report - Gain

[fmtg01]

The use of Out of Pocket as the basis for gain is confusing to me. When I look at a YTD performance report, I expect to see YTD gain,... Apparently Gain is calculated based upon original OOP cost even if that was several years ago. Is there anyway to really see portfolio perfomance YTD.
Example I own 100 shares at $10/shr on 1-1-10. On 6-16-10, these 100 shares are worth $11/shr and I've received a total of $10 worth of dividends during the intervening 6 months. Is there anyway for me to see a gain (or whatever you want to call it) of $110 ( i.e $100 unrealized capital gain plus $10 of dividends). When I look at a portfolio, I want to see where the gains and losses came from by line item investment (ie. MSFT or AAPL)
Appreciate any help.

[Mark]

Hi fmtg01,

The "Gain" figure works how you've described in the Portfolio Performance report. The Gain is the ending value plus any received distributions, minus starting value and minus any contributions. You can see the equation here:

http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/help ... pperf.html

The "Gain" in this report is the gain between the starting/ending report dates, it is not back to inception. If you still have questions, maybe you can post numbers along a given line in the report. Please also include column names, as you can have different columns displayed in this report.