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MMENU
SSEC_TYPE
QRETURN
Portfolio Allocation
The Portfolio Allocation Table, available from the Security Table, and
the Portfolio Allocation Report, available from the Portfolio Allocation
Table and the Report Menu, show your portfolio percentages by security
types. Also, general security categories are subtotalled.
This information helps you determine how risky or conservative your position
is, and to weigh it against your perception of the market's direction.
Menu
Security Type
Quit
HMENU
GSETTINGS
QRETURN
Backup
Capital Gainz data files should be backed up regularly.
The files to backup end with the '.DAT' or '.K01'
suffixes.
Backup can be performed either from the DOS command line
or by defining a command in the Settings Form and choosing
'Backup' on the Main Menu. Only a single DOS command can
be specified for the backup entry. Thus, if PKZIP is on
your system, you can enter
PKZIP CAPGNZ.BU *.DAT *.K01
If a backup/compression utility like PKZIP is not
available, you may have to specify a DOS batch file,
such as the CAPGNZBU.BAT example that comes with Capital
Gainz.
Alternatively, you can execute a DOS batch file like
CAPGNZBU.BAT at the DOS prompt before or after running
Capital Gainz. On slower machines, this may be preferred
over using the backup setting.
Help Menu
Global Settings Help
Quit
HMENU
RREPORTS
QRETURN
Broker/Investment Company
Broker/Investmest Company information is kept to allow
easy contact reference. The Broker/Investment Company
report provides a list of addresses and phone numbers
that can be kept handy for quick buy/sell instructions.
This report also includes the securities and account
numbers managed by each broker/investment company.
Help Menu
Report Help
Quit
HMENU
FFILES
LLOGS
QRETURN
Buying Shares
The Buy Shares form is displayed when buying shares, reinvesting
shares, or when inserting, changing, or deleting an entry in the
Open Log. When called from the Activity Menu, the Buy Shares form
is accepted until the user explicitly quits out of it.
When shares of a security are bought or changed, enter the purchase
information in the Buy Shares form. If either no security or an
invalid security is entered, a list of defined securities pops up:
the user can select from the list or add a new security to the list.
The date/price entries on the Buy Form is used to add a record to
the security's price history file. After entering the purchase
price, the amount is calculated by multiplying the number of shares
by the price. This amount can be accepted or changed, as rounding
can result in minor differences.
A Notes field is available for reminders about individual purchases
Notes are printed in the Open Detail report.
Help Menu
File Components
Log Help
Quit
HMENU
GSETTINGS
QRETURN
$Colors
Capital Gainz allows you to customize the screen colors. Screens are grouped
into 7 types: security screens, activity screens, buy activity screens,
sell activity screens, distribution activity screens, broker/investment
company screens, and other screens. Within these types, 3 kinds of screens
are defined: forms, tables, and other.
For instance:
- the Buy Shares Form is in the Buy Activity/Form group
- the Security Table is in the Security/Table group
- the Report Menu is in the Other/Other group
- the Security Summary is in the Security/Other group
The Select Screen Colors screen, reached by a function key on the Global
Settings Form, shows a matrix of screen types/kinds. The matrix shows the
current color settings. To change settings for a screen type/kind, move
the pointer and hit ENTER. The Pick Foreground and Background Colors screen
comes up. Select a foreground and background color - a test pattern shows
what the combination looks like. After returning to the Select Screen Colors
screen, make sure you hit CTL-ENTER to save your changes.
Help Menu
Global Settings
Quit
HMENU 9
QRETURN
Delete Range
The Del Range function on the activity log and price
history tables deletes the displayed records. The range
of records deleted corresponds to the date range
specified before the table was displayed.
Help Menu
-Quit
HMENU
SMAP
QRETURN
General Description
Capital Gainz is an investment tracking program designed mainly for
mutual fund and stock holdings, although bonds, options, investment trusts,
and other investment vehicles can be tracked as well.
While most commercial investment tracking programs are geared toward
buying and selling individual blocks of stock, Capital Gainz caters to the
small investor who prefers to make regular purchases of smaller amounts at
regular intervals. Periodic investing such as this is often referred to as
'Dollar Cost Averaging' : by investing a set dollar amount in a mutual
fund or stock at periodic intervals, more shares are purchased when the
share price is low than when the share price is high.
The real power of Capital Gainz lies in its variety of selling methods.
Most similar programs require the investor to manually identify which shares
to sell. Capital Gainz offers an identification selling method, but also
offers methods to sell a specified number of shares first-in/first-out,
last-in/last-out, max gains/min losses, max losses/min gains, or using the
average cost. Other distinguishing features of Capital Gainz are : the
ability to print reports for only selected securities and/or a specific date
range, and a total return calculation based on a specific date range.
Help Menu
System Function Map
Quit
HMENU
FFILES
LLOGS
DDIS_TYPE
QRETURN
Distributions
The Distributions form is displayed when recording distributions,
or when inserting, changing, or deleting an entry in the Distr Log.
When called from the Activity Menu, the Distributions form is
accepted until the user explicitly quits out of it.
When distributions occur, enter the information in the
Distributions form. If either no security or an invalid security
is entered, a list of defined securities pops up, and the user can
select from the list or add a new security to the list. Screens
and reports use the most recently dated dividend distribution entry
to calculate the current yield for the security. If a dividend is
enteredt for a security defined with 0 dividends per year, the
the security's dividends per year is changed to 1. The amount per
share is initialized to distribution amount / number of shares. Due
to rounding, you may need to change this figure.
Upon completion of the form, the user can choose to reinvest the
distributions. A reinvestment price is accepted, and the Buy Shares
form is displayed with the number of shares set to the distribution
amount / reinvest price, price set to reinvest price, and purchase
amount set to distribution amount.
Help Menu
File Components
Log Help
Distr Type Help
Quit
HMENU
DDISTR
QRETURN
Distribution Type
There are three kinds of distributions :
Dividends
Short Term Capital Gains
Long Term Capital Gains
These should be distinguished in your account statements.
The most recent dividend entered is used to determine the
security's current yield:
yield = ((dividends per year * last dividend)/price) * 100
Also, a special type called 'Fee' is included for
miscellaneous payments such as IRA maintenance fees. While
this isn't really a distribution, it is kept here because
it is not common or mandatory and as such does not warrant
warrant a separate screen system.
Help Menu
Distr Help
Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
File Components
Security:
Open Shares:
Closed Shares:
Global Settings:
Symbol
Symbol
Symbol
Revison #
Name
Open Date
Close Date
Holding Period
Broker/Inv Co
Shares
Short Term Flag
Add Confirm
Account #
Open Price
Shares
Update Confirm
Security Type
Open Amount
Close Price
Delete Confirm
Tax Free Flag
Open Commission
Close Amount
Reinvest Distr
Div Per Year
Open Notes
Close Commission
Log Transactions
Last Sell Method
Close Notes
Append Report
Open Share Info
Distributions:
Open Date
Backup Command
Dbl Category Info
Symbol
Open Price
History Interval
Distr Date
Open Amount
Screen Color
Broker/Inv Co:
Distr Type
Open Commission
Name
Distr Amount
Price History:
Address
Distr Per Share
Symbol
City
Distr Notes
State
Price
Zip Code
Phone Number
Help Menu
>Quit
MMENU
SSETTINGS
QRETURN
%Fixup
If you're not logging transactions, abnomormal termination of the program
can leave your data files in an inconsistent date. In particular, open
share information is maintained in the security record. If open share totals
from the Open Shares Log or the Open Shares Detail Report don't coincide
with the Security Table or Portfolio Report values, then you need to 'fixup'
the security with the Security Fixup Form. This form is available via a
function key on the Security Table, and should be used with extreme caution.
If you're not comfortable with this operation, just revert to a previous
data backup and reenter the new activity. To avoid inconsistent states:
- always back out of the program normally
- if you must reboot or hit CNTL-BREAK, be sure to do it when Capital
Gainz is waiting for user input, and not when it's processing records
If an abnormal termination occurs causing the totals in the security file
to differ from the actual open shares log totals:
- manually fix the individual entries in the Open Shares Log Table
- choose the Fixup function from the Security table, and use the Total
function if the security is NOT using an average method. If the
security uses an average method, you must enter the values manually
Settings Help
HMENU
MMAP_MAIN
AMAP_ACT
SMAP_SEC
RMAP_RPT
QRETURN
System Function Flow
Although there are many different paths through Capital Gainz, a typical
user will traverse the system functions in this order:
Start
Global Settings OK?
Change Global Settings
Securities Defined?
Define Securities and
Broker/Inv Cos
Activity
View Security Table
View Activity Logs
Reports
Help Menu
Main Map
Activity Map
Security Map
Report Map
Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
Command Keys
F1 is always Help
Other Function Keys are labelled on the screen
* Forms :
Field Entry Section:
ESC - go to previous field, or quit ENTER - accept field, go to next
CNTL-ESC - reject form
CNTL-ENTER - accept form
UP ARROW - go to previous field
DOWN ARROW - go to next field
* Menus :
Field Entry Section : same as Form
Menu Section :
ENTER - call associated routine
ESC - quit, or go to field entry
UP ARROW - cursor up one line
DOWN ARROW - cursor down one line
letter keys - execute item associated with number/letter
* Tables :
Field Entry Section : same as Form
ESC - quit, or go to field entry
CNTL-ESC - quit table
UP ARROW - cursor up one record
DOWN ARROW - cursor down one record
PGDN - scroll table down
PGUP - scroll table up
CNTL-PGDN - go to last record
CNTL-PGUP - go to first record
INS - call form to add record
DEL - delete entry at cursor
ENTER - change record, select record, or quit depending on context
Help Menu
?Quit
HMENU
TTOT_RET
CYIELD
QRETURN
Gains and Losses
Open amount:
If not using category method: SUM(open_amounts)
If using category method: basis_price * open_shares
Open shares gain/loss:
(open_shares * current_price) - open_amount - open_commission
Closed shares gain/loss:
close_amount - open_amount - close_commission - open_commission
Help Menu
Total Return
Current Yield
Quit
HMENU
BBUY
SSELL
DDISTR
FFILES
QRETURN
Activity Logs
Activity Logs refer to the individual Open, Close, and Distr Records.
(These have nothing to do with 'logging transactions').
Open Log : individual Open records can be added, changed or deleted.
Adding or changing records requires the user to fill in
the Buy Shares Form.
Close Log : individual Close records can be added, changed or deleted.
Due to the complex relationships established when shares are
sold, the number of shares can't be changed. When a record is
deleted, the user has the option to 'Unsell' the associated
Open records. Thus, to change the number of shares, first
delete the record(s) and then resell. Adding or changing
records requires the user to fill in the Sell Shares Form.
Distr Log : individual Distribution records can be added, changed, or
deleted. Adding or changing records requires the user to
fill in the Distribution Form.
When securities are deleted, all associated logs are also deleted.
Help Menu
Buy Help
Sell Help
Distr Help
File Components
Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
System Function Map
Activity Security
Reports
Log Broker Settings Backup
Security Port Broker Summary Detail
Broker Settings
Table
Report Report Report Report
Table
Port Security Summary Prices Fixup Stock
Acct Broker Broker
Report
Split
Info
Report
Broker Lookup
Security Type
Close Distr Security
Method
Lookup
Buy Shares Sell Shares
Distr
Buy Del Sell Del Distr Del
Buy Form
Sell Form
Distr Form
Range
Range
Range
Security Security Sell Show Security Distr Reinvest Shares Shares
Lookup
Lookup Method Sold
Lookup
Buy Shares
Print Sold
Help Menu
MMAP_MAIN
HMENU
BBUY
SSELL
DDISTR
QRETURN
!Activity Map
Main Menu
Activity Menu
Buy Shares
Sell Shares
Distributions
Buy Shares
Sell Shares
Distributions
Security
Lookup
Security Sell
Security Distr Reinvest
Lookup
Method Open
Shares
Lookup
Table
Shares Sold
Table
#Select
Buy Shares
#Shares
Help Menu
Buy Shares
Sell Shares
Distributions
Quit
MMAP_MAIN
HMENU
BBROKER
QRETURN
Broker/Investment Company Map
Main Menu
Broker/Investment Company
Broker/Inv Co Table
Broker Form
Account Information
Broker Report
Help Menu
Broker/Inv Co
Quit
MMAP_MAIN
HMAP_MAIN
LLOGS
QRETURN
Log Maintenance Map
Main Menu
Log Maintenance Menu
Date Range Open Log
Close Log
Distr Log
Security
Delete Security
Delete Security Distr Delete
Lookup
Shares Range
Lookup
Shares Range
Lookup
Range
Help Menu
!Quit
AMAP_ACT
SMAP_SEC
RMAP_RPT
LMAP_LOG
BMAP_BRK
HMENU
SSETTINGS
BBACKUP
QRETURN
Main Map
Main Menu
Activity
Security
Reports
Log Maintenance
Broker/Inv Co
Settings
Settings Form
Backup
Select Colors
Pick Colors
Help Menu
Settings
Backup
Quit
MMAP_MAIN
HMENU
RREPORTS
QRETURN
Report Map
Main Menu
Report
Portfolio Broker Allocation
Schedule B&D
Security
Activity
Price
Report
Report
Report
Report
Summary
Detail
History
Report
Report
Report
"Enter Year
Range Securities Date
Range Securities Date
Select
1Range Securities
Help Menu
Reports
Quit
MMAP_MAIN
HMENU
SSECURITY
PPRC_HST
QRETURN
!Security Map
Main Menu
Security
Security Table
Security Price
Security Portfolio Security Security Price
Portfolio
Form
Update Summary
Report
Fixup
Split
History Allocation
Price Date Summary
Fixup
Split
Alloc Alloc
Range
Table Report
Security Broker Sell
$Date Price Price
Type
Lookup Method
"Range Form History
Table
Table
/Report
Help Menu
Security
Price History
Quit
ALOGS
GGAIN
MMAP_MAIN
AALLOC
GDESC
AMAP_ACT
BBACKUP
GSETTINGS
SMAP_SEC
BBROKER
PPRICES
RMAP_RPT
BBUY
PPRC_HST
LMAP_LOG
CCOLORS
RREPORTS 2
BMAP_BRK
CYIELD
SSECURITY
DDEL_RNG
SSEC_SUMM
DDISTR
SSEC_TYPE
FFILES
SSEL_METH
FFLOW
SSELL
FFIXUP
SSPLIT
FFUNC_KEY
TTAX
TTOT_RET
QRETURN
Help Menu
Activity Logs
Gains and Losses
Main Map
Allocation
General Description
Activity Map
Backup
Global Settings
Security Map
Broker/Inv Co
Price Changes
Report Map
Buying Shares
Price History
Log Maint Map
Colors
Reports
Broker/Inv Co Map
Current Yield
Securities
Delete Range
Security Summary
Distributions
Security Types
File Components
Selling Methods
Flow
Selling Shares
Fixup
Stock Splits
Function Keys
Tax Forms
Total Return
>Quit
HMENU
GSETTINGS
QRETURN
!Price History
Capital Gainz Price History feature lets you see the value of a security over
time. You select the 'granularity' of the time line with the Price History
Interval setting in the Global Settings Form. A common setting is 28 - save
security date/prices every 28 days, or about every month. Every time you
buy shares, sell shares, change a security, or do price updates, you may
make a price history entry. The rules for adding price history entries are:
- always add entries that precede or follow any exiting dates
- don't add entries that are not at least the specified interval
away from the next and previous dates
- if an entry causes an existing entry to be less than the interval away
from the next and previous entries, delete existing one and add this one
When using the Price Form to add/change entries in the Price History Table:
- the entered data may or may not be put in the table
- if the entered data is put in the table, then an exiting entry
may or may not be deleted
If you change the Price History Interval in the Global Settings Form, all
securities' price histories are rebuilt accordingly. If you specify fewer
days, then you are asked if you want to scan the activity logs for date/price
pairs to fill in any resulting gaps.
Help Menu
Global Settings
Quit
HMENU
SSECURITY
PPRC_HST
QRETURN
Prices Changes
Capital Gainz provides an easy way to change the price of
all defined securities. Choose the Price Update function
key on the Security table and a series of windows, one for
each security, will pop up querying the user for the new
price.
Use this feature when you sit down with the newspaper
stock tables to update your portfolio at the end of the
month or week.
Updating prices also create a price history for later
analysis.
Help Menu
Security Help
Price History
Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
Reports
All reports allow you to send the output to the printer or a file:
- The Portfolio Report, available from the Report Menu or the Security Table,
shows the current open positions. Can subtotal by broker/inv co.
- The Broker/Inv Co Report, available from the Report Menu or the Broker/Inv
Co Table, shows the names and addresses of all brokers/investment
companies, along with the managed securities and account numbers.
- The Schedule B & D Report, available from the Report Menu, shows
distribution and selling information in tax return format.
- The Allocation Report, available from the Allocation Table or the Report
Menu, shows the allocation percentages of your holdings by security type.
- the Open Information for Shares Sold Report, available after selling
shares, shows information resulting from the sale.
You can select all or some securities and all or a range of dates for these:
- the Security Summary Report, available from the Report Menu, shows the
cumulative and short-term open, closed, and distribution values along with
with gain/loss and total return for the specified period.
- the Activity Detail Report, available from the Report Menu, shows
individual transactions and totals for the specified period.
- the Price History Report, available from the Price History Table or the
Report Menu, shows dates/prices and flags highs and lows.
Help Menu
?Quit
HMENU
SSEC_TYPE
SSEL_METH
QRETURN
"Securities
The Security table shows the currently defined securities and information
about open shares. Securities can be added, changed, or deleted using the
the Security form.
When adding or changing a security, the security type and sell method are
selected from a list. You can enter an initial price for the security -
this price is added to the price history table. The number of dividends per
year is used to calculate the yield:((div_per_year * div_amt) / price) * 100.
If 0 is entered for the number of dividends per year, and a dividend is
subsequently recorded, the number of dividends per year is changed to 1.
These functions are available from the Security Table: add/update/delete
security; update price/date for all securities; view security summary;
portfolio report; security fixup; split shares; view price history; and view
portfolio allocation. When security specific functions, such as price
history, are invoked, the function is applied to the currently highlighted
security.
The tax exempt status should only be applied to securities held in retirement
plans such as IRAs. These securities are skipped completely in the Schedule
B and D reports. The Schedule B report correctly segregates dividends
recieved from securities classified as tax free security types.
Help Menu
Security Type Help
Sell Method Help
Quit
HMENU
TTOT_RET
LLOGS
RREPORTS
QRETURN
Security Summary
The security summary lists totals and calculations for
the Open, Close, and Distr Logs. Short term amounts are
broken out separately. In addition, the Total Return for
the security is determined for the specified period.
The Security Summary Report is available from the Report
Menu. A Security Summary screen for a single security is
available from the Security Table.
Help Menu Total Return Help
Log Help Report Help Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
!Security Types
Many different types are provided to describe securities. These types range
from very general - such as 'Fund' - to very specific - such as 'Long Term
Bond Fund'. Each type falls under one of the following categories:
* Stocks
* Bonds and Fixed Income
* Other
* Stock Mutual Funds
* Bond and Fixed Income Funds * Other Funds
These categories are subtotalled in the Allocation Report.
Basically, how general or specific you want to be in labelling your
securities is a matter of personal preference.
The only other importance attached to these types is:
* You can only use a category selling method with a mutual fund
* Dividends from security types with the phrase 'Tax Free' in their names
are corrctly segregated in the Schedule B report
Help Menu
?Quit
HMENU
FFILES
LLOGS
SSEL_METH
QRETURN
Selling Shares
The Sell Shares form is displayed when selling shares, or when inserting,
changing, or deleting an entry in the Close Log. If called from the Activity
Menu, the Close Shares form is accepted until the user explicitly quits.
When shares of a security are sold or changed, enter the selling information
in the Sell Shares form. If either no security or an invalid security is
entered, a list of defined securities pops up and the user can select from
the list or add a new security to the list. After the security is entered,
the number of shares is set to the number of open shares, and the sell
sell method is set to the current sell method. The price/date information
entered on the Sell Form is used to add an entry to the price history table.
After entering the price, the amount is calculated by multiplying the number
of shares by the price. This amount can be accepted or changed, as rounding
can result in minor differences.
On completion of the form, the Open Log is searched and the shares which
will be recorded as sold are displayed for confirmation. This list can be
printed out without actually committing the sale.
A Notes field is provided for memos about individual sales.
Help Menu
File Components
Log Help
Sell Method Help
Quit
HMENU
QRETURN
Sell Methods
* FIFO (First-In/First-Out): the user enters the number of shares to sell,
and open shares are closed beginning with the oldest open date.
* LIFO (Last-In/First-Out): the user enters the number of shares to sell,
and open shares are closed beginning with the most recent open date.
* MAX (Max Gain/Min Loss): the user enters the number of shares to sell,
and open shares are closed beginning with the lowest open price.
* MIN (Min Gain/Max Loss): the user enters the number of shares to sell,
and open shares are closed beginning with the highest open price.
* ID (Identify): the user selects the open shares to sell from a table.
* SCAT (Single Category): the user enters the number of shares to sell,
and open shares are closed using the average open price.
* DCAT (Double Category): the user enters the number of shares to sell and
the category to begin with, and open shares are closed beginning
with that category using the short or long term average price.
The SCAT and DCAT selling methods are permanent - once chosen, the selling
method can't be changed for the security. Thus, defer making this selection
until shares are actually sold, instead of when the security is defined.
After entering the selling method and number of shares, the result is shown
and confirmation is requested. The list of shares to be sold can be printed.
Help Menu
?Quit
HMENU
FFIXUP
CCOLORS
PPRC_HST
QRETURN
Global Settings (Defaults in Parenthesis)
- Holding Period: number of days required for long term classification. (365)
- Confirm Add/Update/Delete: if set to 'Y', the user will be asked for
confirmation every time a record is added/updated/deleted. (N/N/Y)
- Reinvest: if Y, the Buy Shares Form is brought up after a distribution. (Y)
- Log Transactions: if Y, each add/update/delete transaction is logged to a
file. This allows for automatic recovery if the user aborts with a
CTL-BREAK in the middle of a set of atomic file operations. Since the
extra I/O required penalizes performance, the user may prefer to fix things
up by hand, using the Activity Log and Security Fixup, in case of abnormal
termination. This logging is not related to the Activity Log! (N)
- Price History Interval: number of days between date/price entries. If
change to fewer days, prices are retrieved from activity logs. (28)
- Backup Command: run when 'Backup' chosen from the Main Menu. (CAPGNZBU A)
- Append Reports: if Y, reports printed to a file are appended to the file.
Otherwise, the file is overwritten without warning. (Y)
- Lines Per Page: the number of lines per page for reports. (60)
- Line Draw Chars: if your printer supports the extended ASCII line drawing
characters, choose Y. Otherwise, other symbols are substituted. (Y)
- Colors: the Colors function keys allows you to customize screen colors.
Help Menu
Fixup Help
Colors
Price History
Quit
HMENU
LLOGS
QRETURN
Stock Splits
The Stock Split Form is used to alter the Open Log, Distr
Log, security file, and the price history table when there
is a share split for a security. Any ratio can be entered.
For instance, a 2-for-1 split would mean that each open
share has been split into 2 shares, and its price has been
halved. Alternatively, a 1-for-2 split means that every 2
shares have been combined into one share, and the price
has been doubled.
If there are many open shares and price history entries
for a security, then the stock split may be slow since
each record must be rewritten.
Help Menu
Log Help
Quit
HMENU
RREPORTS
QRETURN
#Tax Forms
Capital Gainz' Security Summary Report and Activity Detail Report provide
a lot of easy to read information on your investments. However, they still
need to be manipulated somewhat to fit into your 1040 Tax Form's Schedule
B, Part II, and Schedule D, Parts I, II, and
. So, when April 15th looms
close, simply select the Schedule B & D report from the Report Menu. If you
have faithfully entered all of your investment information into Capital
Gainz, most of the information on these reports can be copied 'as is' to
you Schedule B & D forms. However, these reports are not true replicas of
those schedules, and are thus not legal substitutes:
- only the investment related sections of the forms are included
- you probably have checking account or money market account information
not included in Capital Gainz
- Capital Gainz does not aspire to keeping up with tax form dynamics
But, if you make sure to flag securities that are not taxable, this report
will let you coast through the most tedious part of your tax forms.
Help Menu
Reports
Quit
HMENU
SSEC_SUMM
QRETURN
Total Return
A powerful feature of Capital Gainz is the ability to calculate a
security's total return over a specified period :
Total Return % = ((end price - begin price) + distr)/end price) * 100
This figure is automatically calculated in the Summary Report, and
also in the Security Summary screen that's available from the
Security Table.
Help Menu
Security Summary
Quit
HMENU
SSECURITY
QRETURN
Current Yield
The Current Yield figure is useful for securities
that pay dividends. This value indicates the current
dividend payout ratio:
((div per year * last div) / last price) * 100
Where
'div per year' is the number of dividend payouts
per year, typically 1 (annually), 4 (quarterly),
or 12 (monthly).
'last div' is the last dividend amount per share.
'last price' is the latest recorded price for the
security.
If this figure looks incorrect for a security, bring up
the Distribution Log and make sure the amounts are entered
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