Mutual Funds Cap Gains or Dividend Reinvestment

[Derek Atkins]

Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar at tarnation.dyndns.org> writes:

> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 22:09 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> I have no idea...  I've never played with the report.  Have you
>> checked the Report Options?  It's quite possible the report doesn't
>> report ROI.  Is there a label for ROI on the report?
>> 
>> -derek
>
> I'm using gnucash 1.8.9 and the report has a "Total Return" column.
> Technically, I think what we have been talking about is "Total
> Return" (total return would be the appreciation plus dividend/capital
> gains income divided by the cost, but the report does not appear to take
> into consideration dividend/capital gains income). I believe "ROI" would
> really be just the dividend/capital gains cashflow divided by the cost. 

I didn't write the report, so I don't know what the intent is.  Feel free
to submit a patch.

> Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar at tarnation.dyndns.org>

-derek

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