Mutual Funds Cap Gains or Dividend Reinvestment

[Derek Atkins]

Look for src/report/standard-reports/advanced-portfolio.scm

-derek

rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com writes:

> Derek,
>
> I am running ver 1.8.7.  I googled for "gnucash cvs advanced" and
> found an email by you saying that a new version of the portfolio report would
> be in release 1.8.8.  Do I need to upgrade?  If not, how can I find the report
> in cvs.gnucash.org?  I filtered by "head" and didn't see it.  But heck, let's
> face it, I don't understand the CVS thing at all.
>
> Bob
>
> --- Derek Atkins
> <warlord at MIT.EDU wrote:
> Did you try the Advanced Portfolio Report from CVS
> (head)?
>> 
>> -derek
>> 
>> rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com writes:
>> 
>
>> > 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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>> 
>> -- 
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media
> Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available