Mutual Funds Cap Gains or Dividend Reinvestment
rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com
rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com
Wed Sep 1 08:48:44 EDT 2004
Aaron,
Thinking about this further I realize that I am wrong about excluding
the reinvested shares. I was confusing money with shares. The reinvested
shares make up part of the current value. So I need to find a way to report
exactly what you describe in your formula. And I have no idea how to accomplish
that... It's certainly not covered by either of the Portfolio reports.
Bob S.
--- rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com wrote:
Aaron,
>
> Yes,
I agree with your formula. From the perspective of, "how much
> did I make
from my original investment," however, you need to exclude the
> reinvested
shares from your basis cost (cash in).
>
> In any case, am I correct
>
in my belief that there is no existing report that will do what you describe?
> Unless I am doing something wrong, the Advanced Portfolio shows only appreciation
> of share price.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> --- Aaron Gaudio
<prothonotar at tarnation.dyndns.org
> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 00:59
+0000, rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com
>
> > wrote:
> > > I want to know
if it is possible to get
> > > GnuCash to show
> my reinvested cap gains/dividends
as part of my ROI (gain).
> > > Obviously,
> if a fund has capital gains
and dividends, it is making a return
> > > on investment,
> and that is
part of the "gain" that I need to track, preferably
> > > in the
> advanced
portfolio report.
> >
> > IMO, whether the cap gains/dividends are
> reinvested
or not should be
> > irrelevant for an ROI calculation. The return
> is
the cap gain/dividend
> > when it is distributed. Reinvestment is simply
> an immediate purchase of
> > more shares using that return. So, don't
worry
> about reinvestments, the
> > ROI formula (for a single commodity)
should be
> something like:
> >
> > (CurrentValue+CashOut+CapGainsPaid+DividendsPaid)/CashIn-1.
>
> >
> > (keep in mind that if the cap gain/dividend is reinvested,
then it
> will
> > be counted in CashIn and CurrentValue).
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Gaudio
> <prothonotar at tarnation.dyndns.org>
> >
> >
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