[moneydance] Investment Accounts - Cost Basis Report ??

[Vitor Ribeiro]

Hi,

I am trying to get an overview about the profitability of my  
investments. I understood that MD is not perfect at all in terms of  
reporting and that it is lacking some reporting features. However, my  
intention was to use the "cost basis" report for an investment  
account and to export it to XLS in order to do some further analyses.

Problem with the cost basis report is that buy transactions are  
recorded fine while the sell transactions are always using the buy  
price.

Example:

Stock A
buy  50 stocks -> total incl. transaction fees = 3149,30 Euro
sell 50 stocks -> total incl. transaction fees = 3557,24 Euro

but

MD reports
sell 50 stocks -> total incl. transaction fees = 3149,30 Euro

Why?

Do I miss anything fundamental or did I misunderstood the purpose of  
the report at all?

What is the cost basis report good for? The Help file says the  
following:

"Cost Basis Displays the amount of money used to purchase securities  
that you currently own. This can be compared to the current value of  
those securities to determine the success of those investments.  
Settings include the option to display the cost basis for all  
securities, for securities under a certain account, or for a specific  
individual security."


How can I determine the success of an investment if I can't see the  
profit/loss when I sell it?

Is there a better way to achieve the result I am looking for?


Thanks in advance for your kind feedback/help or guidance in the  
right direction.

Vitor