by Krisan Marotta | Oct 16, 2012 | Performance
Handling stock splits in PortfolioCenter is usually seamless — that is, you can usually post the downloaded transaction “as is.” But sometimes split transactions require manual intervention. Here’s what to check: Trade Date: Make sure the...
by Krisan Marotta | Sep 11, 2012 | Performance
Q. My broker is Fidelity. They download all money transactions to the generic cash account and then sweep the dollar amount into the appropriate money market fund with a money transfer later on. Should I post these transfers? A. The short answer is yes — ...
by Krisan Marotta | Apr 5, 2012 | Performance
Since 2008 legislation increased the importance of synchronizing cost basis in PortfolioCenter with cost basis at your broker, corporate actions (stock splits, mergers, spin offs, etc.) have gotten more attention. Here’s how to handle processing corporate...
by Krisan Marotta | Jan 3, 2012 | Performance
Since the New Year’s Day market holiday fell on January 2 for 2012, you need to modify the market holiday list in Schwab’s PortfolioCenter. For the most accurate Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWR) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) calculations,...
by Krisan Marotta | Dec 31, 2011 | Performance
Did your Schwab accounts reconcile yesterday and today the money market on almost every account fails to reconcile? This “problem” happens when the last day of the month falls on the weekend or a holiday. Here’s what happens: Schwab pays money...
by Krisan Marotta | Dec 1, 2011 | Performance
I upgraded to PortfolioCenter 5.4 and found a bug on my first day of using it. But it was easily solved. Problem: While batch processing intervals, PortfolioCenter 5.4 consistently stalled when it reached a particular account. The program would hang, requiring a...
