Correlating Asset Allocation with Investment Goal

[B2B_Investing]

Aloha Mark,

Ok last post today. I am trying to fully comprehend the various components in FundManager and how they interrelate so that I can pull the desired management information. Right now I am trying to correlate asset allocation and investment goal information.

My top level sub-portfolio editor hierarchy is essentially by Investment Goal. I am not sure if this is the best configuration for me but after readying the posts and playing with software, it seemed like a good starting point.

High Risk
Low Risk
Retirement
College

The accounts I have neatly fall within these categories so I assigned the desired investment goal of 100% to each investment. Running an asset allocation report or graph is each sub-portfolio provides me the desired information.

I now want to use some of the accounts and investments for multiple investment goals. (i.e specifically for (1) mutual funds closed to new inventors and (2) funds available at one brokerage house and not another.) My logic begins to breakdown. I see how I can adjust the investment goal by reallocating the 100% (i.e. double the amount in the fund and set the goal as 50% retirement, 35% high risk and 15% low risk) How can I then get the asset allocation report for the investment goal.

I am open to suggestions?

(So after presenting the problem, a powerful solution would be the ability to filter graphs and reports by investment goal at any place within the portfolio tree/hierarchy. Having an IT background, I know that "simple" request from a UI perspective can be less than straightforward on the backend.)

Thanks again for a great product. Hands down it is the best one available for individual investors.

Jason

[Mark]

Hi Jason,

So after presenting the problem, a powerful solution would be the ability to filter graphs and reports by investment goal at any place within the portfolio tree/hierarchy

You can do this. Typically you would not use sub-portfolios to organize by investment goal. Instead, organize your sub-portfolios in some other way you want to group your accounts, like maybe by broker or retirement/non-retirement, or nothing at all. Use the categories (asset type, investment goal, sector) to assign at the investment level, and then you can graph/report by these categories, independent of the sub-portfolio. You'll notice many of the reports can "List By" these categories, or you can also sub-total by these categories. You can also filter by them. The reports are more powerful here than graphs, but the graphs also have the pie charts and stacked value graphs that can break down by category, independent of sub-portfolio.

[B2B_Investing]

Great Mark, thanks.

Essentially I wanted a report for rebalancing by asset class within investment goals. For those wanting to duplicate this, I ended up running the Portfolio Value report, subtotaled by asset class, without listing, and filtered by investment goal.

Is there a way to save reports as custom reports for frequently used combinations of subtotals and filters for the reports?

Good point on the portfolio structure. It is actually by broker / account and it just happens to line up with investment goals at this point in time; that will not be true later this year.

Jason

[Mark]

Hi Jason,

Is there a way to save reports as custom reports for frequently used combinations of subtotals and filters for the reports?

Yes, use "Edit / Memorize..." while viewing the report you want to memorize. This allows you to save a report to a named memorized report, for easy recall later. The name you assign will be listed at the bottom of the top level "Reports" menu.

[B2B_Investing]

Perfect. I see it now. Thank you.

Jason