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return on investment wont register 2004

louise

08-02-2006

Re: return on investment wont register 2004

Stubby

08-03-2006

Posted by louise on August 2, 2006, 11:28 pm

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Using Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

In my investment portfolio view, there are some funds that
were purchased as long as 4 or 5 months ago that still don't
register a "return on investment year to date". Instead,
that column says N/A

When I look at the register the purchase is entered and does
give the date of purchase, the number of shares and the
price per share.

How can I get the portfolio view to register the return on
investment?

TIA

Louise

Posted by Stubby on August 3, 2006, 7:22 am

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louise wrote:

> Using Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

> In my investment portfolio view, there are some funds that were

> purchased as long as 4 or 5 months ago that still don't register a

> "return on investment year to date". Instead, that column says N/A

> When I look at the register the purchase is entered and does give the

> date of purchase, the number of shares and the price per share.

> How can I get the portfolio view to register the return on investment?

Sorry, but you can't! Quicken continues to be broken in this area.
Look through the Help file and you'll find that all these calculations
use Q's IRR routine. That requires a price on the day before the
period in question and the price on the last day of the period. "YTD"
seems to mean a full year (?????) to Quicken so if you didn't own the
security a year ago, you can't get a YTD price. That's why Quicken
displays "N/A".

It's really sad that Intuit has not fixed this. It has been around for
years. They continue to sell as new skins every year without fixing
things.

Posted by John Pollard on August 3, 2006, 9:24 am

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> louise wrote:

>> Using Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

>> In my investment portfolio view, there are some funds that

>> were purchased as long as 4 or 5 months ago that still don't

>> register a "return on investment year to date". Instead,

>> that column says N/A

>> When I look at the register the purchase is entered and does

>> give the date of purchase, the number of shares and the price

>> per share.

>> How can I get the portfolio view to register the return on

>> investment?

> Sorry, but you can't! Quicken continues to be broken in this

> area. Look through the Help file and you'll find that all

> these calculations use Q's IRR routine. That requires a

> price on the day before the period in question and the price

> on the last day of the period.

> "YTD" seems to mean a full year (?????) to Quicken so if you

> didn't own the security a year ago, you can't get a YTD price.

> That's why Quicken displays "N/A".

This is not correct. You must have owned the security on Dec 31
of the previous year ... but you do not have to have owned it
for a year.

> It's really sad that Intuit has not fixed this. It has been

> around for years. They continue to sell as new skins every

> year without fixing things.

There is nothing to fix; Quicken calculates its values based on
the formulas it provides.

Posted by louise on August 3, 2006, 11:40 am

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John Pollard wrote:

>> louise wrote:

>>> Using Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

>>>

>>> In my investment portfolio view, there are some funds that

>>> were purchased as long as 4 or 5 months ago that still don't

>>> register a "return on investment year to date". Instead,

>>> that column says N/A

>>>

>>> When I look at the register the purchase is entered and does

>>> give the date of purchase, the number of shares and the price

>>> per share.

>>>

>>> How can I get the portfolio view to register the return on

>>> investment?

>>>

>> Sorry, but you can't! Quicken continues to be broken in this

>> area. Look through the Help file and you'll find that all

>> these calculations use Q's IRR routine. That requires a

>> price on the day before the period in question and the price

>> on the last day of the period.

>> "YTD" seems to mean a full year (?????) to Quicken so if you

>> didn't own the security a year ago, you can't get a YTD price.

>> That's why Quicken displays "N/A".

> This is not correct. You must have owned the security on Dec 31

> of the previous year ... but you do not have to have owned it

> for a year.

>> It's really sad that Intuit has not fixed this. It has been

>> around for years. They continue to sell as new skins every

>> year without fixing things.

> There is nothing to fix; Quicken calculates its values based on

> the formulas it provides.

Thanks for explaining why this is happening.

Now - is there some other column I could add to the
portfolio view which would allow me to get a quick glimpse
of how all my funds/stocks are doing on a year-to-date or 3
month or 6 month basis?

Louise

Posted by Fred Smith on August 3, 2006, 6:46 pm

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There are lots of columns available. The best thing to do is go to customize the
view, then select Help. It will tell you what all the available columns do.

Based on what I see, I expect Gain/Loss (%) will do what you want.

--
Regards,
Fred

> John Pollard wrote:

>>> louise wrote:

>>>> Using Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

>>>>

>>>> In my investment portfolio view, there are some funds that were purchased

>>>> as long as 4 or 5 months ago that still don't register a "return on

>>>> investment year to date". Instead, that column says N/A

>>>>

>>>> When I look at the register the purchase is entered and does give the date

>>>> of purchase, the number of shares and the price per share.

>>>>

>>>> How can I get the portfolio view to register the return on investment?

>>>>

>>> Sorry, but you can't! Quicken continues to be broken in this area. Look

>>> through the Help file and you'll find that all these calculations use Q's

>>> IRR routine. That requires a price on the day before the period in

>>> question and the price on the last day of the period.

>>> "YTD" seems to mean a full year (?????) to Quicken so if you didn't own the

>>> security a year ago, you can't get a YTD price. That's why Quicken displays

>>> "N/A".

>> This is not correct. You must have owned the security on Dec 31 of the

>> previous year ... but you do not have to have owned it for a year.

>>> It's really sad that Intuit has not fixed this. It has been around for

>>> years. They continue to sell as new skins every year without fixing

>>> things.

>> There is nothing to fix; Quicken calculates its values based on the formulas

>> it provides.

> Thanks for explaining why this is happening.

> Now - is there some other column I could add to the portfolio view which would

> allow me to get a quick glimpse of how all my funds/stocks are doing on a

> year-to-date or 3 month or 6 month basis?

> Louise

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