Advanced Portfolio and basis calculation - errors in calculations or errors in data entry?

[Pierre Constantineau]

Frank,

Thanks for the input.  I did as you indicated and even dug up my tax
statements to figure out my actual dates, costs and income
implications. I updated the transactions to the following (updated
dates and price amounts):

________________________________________________
2006-08-03   Purchase    Stock XYZ    Shares 1700  Price 3.31
 Buy 5627.00
                                     Commissions
                      Buy     51.00
                                     Cash
                                              Sell 5678.00
________________________________________________
2008-01-31  Incentive      Stock XYZ    Shares 823   Price 3.31
   Buy 2724.13
                                     Income: Incentive
                                          Sell 2724.13
________________________________________________
2008-06-19   Options Purch. Stock XYZ   Shares 1500  Price 4.62      Buy 6930.00
                                     Cash
                                               Sell 6165.00
                                     Income: Options
                                          Sell  765.00
________________________________________________

This now make probably more sense from an accounting perspective.
However, on the report side, I still get pretty odd answers...

Shares: 4023
Price: 2.00$
Basis:15280.96                     (eh??? WTF)
Value: 8046.00                      (no surprise)
Money In: 11843.00               (Adds up to all the cash I put in -
no surprise)
Money Out: 0.00                   (no surprise - I haven't sold anything yet)
Realized Gain: 3437.96         (eh??? WTF shouln't this be 2724.13 +
765.00 - 51.00 = 3438.13)
Unrealized Gain:(7234.96)
Total Gain: (3797.00)              (no surprise)
Return: -32.06%                     (ouch but no surprise)
Brokerage Fees: 51.00           (no surprise)

Where are those few pennies coming from?  I tried to find an odd
transaction but that is all the transactions I have in that one file.
Is there something in my entry or is there something else?

Thanks.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger
<f.ellenberger at online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Donnerstag 26. März 2009 08:23:10 schrieb Pierre Constantineau:
>> ___________________________________________________________________________
>>________ 2006-08-03   Purchase    Stock XYZ    Shares 1700  Price 3.31  Buy
>> 5627.00 Commissions
>>              Buy     51.00
>>                                      Cash
>>                                                   Sell 5678.00
>> ___________________________________________________________________________
>>________ 2008-06-20   Add Shares  Stock XYZ   Shares 823   Price 0       Buy
>> 823
>> ___________________________________________________________________________
>>________ 2008-06-21  Purchase      Stock XYZ    Shares 1500  Price 4.11  Buy
>> 6165.00 Cash
>>                                                   Sell 6165.00
>> ___________________________________________________________________________
>>________
>>
>> As far as I know, the above is how I think it should be coded. I only
>> have a commission on one transaction and the 823 shares didn't cost me
>> anything - they were given to me by my employer as a stock purchase
>> incentive...
>
> Also the incentives should have a price. The transaction should be done
> against something like income:wages:incentives instead of cash.
>
>
>> I obtain the following information from the Advanced Portfolio report:
>>
>> Shares: 4023
>> Basis : 11792.23
>> Value: 8026 (current price is 2$)
>> Money In 11843
>> Money out 0
>> Realized Gain (50.77)
>> Unrealized Gain (3746.23)
>> Total Gain (3797)
>> Total return -32.06% (ouch!)
>> Brokerage Fees 51
>
> 11792.23
> -5627.00
> -6165.00
> ________
>
>    0.23 instead of 823[.00]
> some typo?
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>