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Posted by Gary T. on February 01, 2001 at 06:44:49:

In Reply to: Re: Dividend Reinvestment Calculations posted by Mark on January 31, 2001 at 21:36:57:

: : Am running FM Pro 5, and I have a stock that I have reinvested all dividends. My question is that on the Portfolio Performance Report, the invested value contains only the amount of cash I invested, and does not include the dividend amounts reinvested. Although this money shows up on the Investment Transaction report. The stock appears to have a gain on the performance report, however taking in consideration all money reivested it is at a loss.

: Hi Gary,
: The portfolio performance report is trying to show cash flow. If you
: invest $1000 out of pocket, and then also had $100 of reinvested distributions,
: but end up with a value of $1050, this is really a gain, since you only
: had $1000 come out of your pocket, and you end up owning an investment worth $1050. It is true you reinvested $100, but this
: was money generated from your $1000 purchase, you didn't have to take any
: more money out of your pocket. I'm guessing this is what your question is
: about, if not maybe you can provide some example numbers.

: Thanks,
: Mark
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: Mark Beiley
:
: Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
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:

Mark,

Thanks for the info. I was trying to get a report that provided net worth and assumed that portfolio performance report provided it.


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