Re: Gain Graph Bug
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Posted by Mark on April 15, 1999 at 08:56:09:
In Reply to: Gain Graph Bug posted by Gary on April 15, 1999 at 00:27:29:
: An investment gain graph shows incorrect gain value.
: I brought 1000 shares of XYZ stock on 4/7 at $16.25.
: XYZ is a new investment for me so the price data
: also starts on 4/7. XYZ closed at 16 on 4/7. XYZ
: closed at 15 on 4/14. So the graph should display
: a gain of -$1250, but it displays -$1000. The program
: is using the closing price of XYZ on 4/7 to calculate
: the gain, which is wrong. It should use the actual
: transaction price of 16.25. Now the reports I generate
: gives the correct value. The XYZ.dat file did start
: life as a FM3.4 file, and was converted to FM4.0 along
: with all my other *.dat files. : Gary Hi Gary,
I don't think this is a bug. I assume your
graph date range starts at 4/7? The gain graph
plots the difference between the closing
value and the closing cost, so it is not including
the gains/losses from any purchases on the start
of the graph date. If you want it to work
this way, start the graph date one day earlier.
This is how reports work, there starting points are from the close of the prior day. Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
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