button on the toolbar. You will be
presented with a dialog box containing the following options:
The Fund Manager Professional/Advisor versions can retrieve historical stock dividends and splits. For accurate recording of distributions all of your purchase/redemption type transactions should be updated, so that the share balance is correct for the date range being updated. Fund Manager uses your current share balance to determine the actual dividend amount, as the server reports dividends in "per share" amounts.
To use this feature select "Yahoo (Historical)" as the default
historical quote server from the
Internet Settings Dialog. Then, perform a retrieve
with this server using Edit / Internet Retrieve /
Historical Prices or use the
button on the toolbar. You will be
presented with a dialog box containing the following options:
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From |
Beginning date to request historical prices/dividends/splits. |
|
To |
Ending date to request historical prices/dividends/splits. |
|
Retrieve Dividends |
Select this option to update historical dividends as retrieved from the server. Also select whether retrieved distributions should be recorded as reinvested or distributed. |
|
Retrieve Splits |
Select this option to update historical splits as retrieved from the server. |
Comments: If you already have a dividend or split recorded for a particular date another one will not be recorded. This prevents previously entered/retrieved distributions or splits from being duplicated or overwritten. Your default cash account is updated with the value of any retrieved and recorded distributed dividends. Dividend information is provided from this server in "per share" amounts. When you do a dividend retrieve Fund Manager uses the number of shares you owned on the distribution date to determine the total value of the dividend distribution. For this reason you should record/import your historical transactions before retrieving dividends.
If you own this investment, and are retrieving actual transactions from your broker or mutual fund company, you should not also retrieve dividends from Yahoo, as you may double count your dividends.