by Krisan Marotta | Oct 5, 2011 | KBO, Reporting
September 2011 ended the worst quarter in terms of performance returns since I started working with PortfolioCenter in 1992. What PortfolioCenter reports could you send your clients to explain that while their portfolios are down, the drop does not necessarily...
by Krisan Marotta | Sep 23, 2011 | Cost Basis, KBO
Historically you may have used the trade lot matching method of “First in, First Out” or “Highest Cost” in order to produce the smallest possible capital gain or the largest possible capital loss when selling positions in client accounts. Trade...
by Krisan Marotta | Sep 15, 2011 | KBO, Performance
A corporate action is an event such as an exchange, merger, stock split or spin-off that affects the securities of a public traded company. Frequently corporate actions result in fractional shares which are converted to cash. This conversion generates a transaction...
by Krisan Marotta | Aug 17, 2011 | KBO, Tech Help
If you post and update PortfolioCenter daily, why do the values in your PortfolioCenter database differ from your broker’s online system? Because there is always a processing delay. Even if you download and update PortfolioCenter daily, your PortfolioCenter...
by Krisan Marotta | Aug 11, 2011 | Cost Basis, KBO
Need to calculate cost basis for a position but unsure how? Here’s the math. Cost basis is defined as the original price of an asset. It is the number used in determining capital gains. Cost basis is usually the purchase price including all fees, but it can be...
by Krisan Marotta | Aug 7, 2011 | KBO, Performance
The PortfolioCenter help files say “for selected securities you can do performance calculations based on a transaction at the end of the day, rather than the beginning of the day. You can mark your mutual funds for end of day flows in order to get the most...
