- 1. BetterInvesting Portfolio Manager Improving Portfolio
Management Decisions Created by: QUANT IX SOFTWARE, Inc.Revised:
July, 2008 We suggest you print the matching PDF file for this
presentation to follow the notes discussion for this slide
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- Portfolio Management is like gardening
3. Topics :Managing Multiple Portfolios Entering Global
Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools Asset AllocationInternet
Tools Effective Tax Decisions Other Features Improving Portfolio
Management and Investment Decision Making How BetterInvesting
Portfolio Manager helps 4. Managing multiple portfolios:
centralized, secure management of all your investment accounts
- Ability to track an unlimited number of portfolios
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- Portfolios are unique, each with its own transaction
database
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- Portfolios segregated by:
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- Portfolios easily combined for collective reporting
5. Collectively monitor your accountsPortfolio Manager provides
multiple portfolio tracking.Manage your accounts
collectively,without limitations. 6. Combination reporting: a
customized view Select which portfolios and which asset types to
include on a report. 7. Combined reports provide important
information A report showing a combination of Joes accounts both
his taxable portfolio and his IRA. 8. Combined reports provide
important information Shown here, one of the allocation reports,
summarizing both of Joes accounts. 9. Topics :Managing Multiple
Portfolios Entering Global Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools
Asset AllocationInternet Tools Effective Tax Decisions Other
Features Improving Portfolio Management and Investment Decision
Making 10. Entering global transactions
- Global transactions are those that affect each portfolio
holding a specific security
- Portfolio Manager adjusts each security, in each portfolio, on
a lot-by-lot basis
Accuracy, with efficiency, saves time for decision making. 11.
Global transactions are applied to all portfolios holding the
issuer of:
- Incomea cash dividend (i.e., quarterly cash dividend paid)
- Stock split a stock split (i.e., 2 for 1 stock split)
- Stock dividend distributiona stock dividend (i.e., 10% dividend
distribution)
- Spin-offa corporate reorganization ( Company A issues shares in
Company B)
- Mergera corporate reorganization (Company C acquires Company
D)
12. Example several portfolios hold a company issuing a stock
split(for illustrative purposes only) All portfolios within
Portfolio Manager are quickly and accurately adjusted 13. Example
several portfolios hold a company issuing a corporate spin-off(for
illustrative purposes only) 14. Entering global transactions
- Accurate record keeping is an essential element for effective
portfolio management.With Portfolio Manager s global transaction
abilities, you ll spend less time number crunching, leaving more
time for investment decision making.
15. Topics :Managing Multiple Portfolios Entering Global
Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools Asset AllocationInternet
Tools Using Security Watch Lists Effective Tax Decisions Other
Features Improving Portfolio Management and Investment Decision
Making 16. Using Portfolio Managers Fundamental Analysis Tools
- Fundamental security analysis to evaluate a firm and its
investment potential based on the firms financial strength,earnings
potential, management, and its sensitivity to both its industry
sector and the overall economy.
- Fundamental analysis involves overall market analysis, industry
sector analysis, specific company analysis, and portfolio
management.
17. Importing fundamental data from BetterInvesting
- Automatically download S&P stock data from
BetterInvesting
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- S&P Stock Data Service online access to CompuStat financial
data provided by S&P on over 7,000 publicly traded
companies
18. Utilizing fundamental data for ratio analysis
- This table shows several of the valuation ratios derived within
Portfolio Manager
19. Screening and sorting securities based on fundamental
data
- The asset library can be sorted based on any of the valuation
ratios.
- Here we demonstrate the list sorted on dividend yield, highest
to lowest.
20. Topics :Managing Multiple Portfolios Entering Global
Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools Asset AllocationInternet
Tools Effective Tax Decisions Other Features Improving Portfolio
Management and Investment Decision Making 21. Asset Allocation and
Portfolio Diversification
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- Combining asset classes such as stocks, bonds, and cash in a
portfolio in order to meet your investment objectives
- Portfolio Diversification
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- Spreading portfolio assets over sufficient number of securities
to avoid excessive risk from any one security
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- Common stocks should be diversified by industry sector and
company size
22. Importing allocation and diversification data from
BetterInvesting
- Importing BetterInvestingMutual Fund Resource Center data
updates Portfolio Manager with important characteristics of your
funds for asset allocation,diversification and performance
analysis
23. Asset Allocation and Portfolio Diversification
- Important point:Portfolio Manager will show the proportional
impact of all securities within your portfolios,include your mutual
funds asset allocation and diversification characteristics. This
ability
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- Provides true asset allocation and diversification
analysis
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- Identifies rebalancing needs
24. Setup your portfolio allocation targets
- Portfolio Manager allows you to set your portfolio target
allocations ( File Menu | Portfolios | Portfolio Targets)
- These targets are used to compare your objectives with the
actual allocation
- Use the Guidelines to download data for the composition of the
S&P 500
25. Compare your targets to actual allocation and
diversification: here an overall summary of the portfolio. 26.
Compare your targets to actual allocation and diversification: here
a look at the portfolios different asset classes. 27. Analyze your
targets to actual allocation and diversification: here by stock
industry. 28. Compare your targets to actual allocation and
diversification: here by stock size. 29. Topics :Managing Multiple
Portfolios Entering Global Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools
Asset AllocationInternet Tools Effective Tax Decisions Other
Features Improving Portfolio Management and Investment Decision
Making 30. Using the Internet with Portfolio Manager
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- Quick access to useful web sites
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- BetterInvestings Online Stock Selection Guide (SSG)
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- BetterInvestings Company Report
- From Portfolio Manager s home page, right click access to any
security listed under Portfolio Holdings section
31. BetterInvestings Online Stock Selection Guide (SSG) report
(partial screen)
- The BetterInvesting Stock Selection Guide ( SSG ) is a tool
that provides a framework to analyze and evaluate prospective
common stock investments, based on the firms fundamental data.
- Find growth stocks trading at a reasonable price.
FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY! 32. BetterInvestings company
report (partial screen)
- BetterInvesting s S&P Data Feed provides access to wide
range of very useful company information
- This screen shows a partial view of the information that is
available:
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- S&P Stock Data Service online access to financial data,
provided by S&P, on over 7,000 publicly traded companies.
FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY! 33. Easy access to Yahoo!
Finance is also just a click away from Portfolio Managers home
page
- Yahoo! Finance provides it susers with access to a wide variety
of free investment information.
- Yahoo! Financeshighly useful website, provides very valuable
resources (this screen shot shows just a small snippet of the
information available) for inquisitive investors.
FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY! 34. Topics :Managing Multiple
Portfolios Entering Global Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools
Asset AllocationInternet Tools Effective Tax Decisions Other
Features Improving Portfolio Management and Investment Decision
Making 35. Making effective tax decisions with Portfolio
Manager
- One of the many benefits of an accurate and up-to-date record
keeping system is the ability to access otherwise unorganized data
in an useable format.
- This is particularly important when considering the tax
consequences of your investment decisions.
- Portfolio Manager helps by providing:
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- Lot-by-lot assignment when making partial sales
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- FIFO, Specific ID, Average Cost Methods, Minimum or Maximum
gain
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- Effective portfolio construction
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- taxable vs. tax-deferred account
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- Help with gift and estate planning decisions
36. The Security Basis report shows each purchase lot for the
portfolio or a security 37. Lot selection to use in partial sales
can help to defer or save capital gains taxes Applying sales in
easy Simply select the method and Portfolio Manager will handle the
rest 38. Portfolio Manager provides several other reports to help
investors better manage portfolios
- Other tax reports include :
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- Capital Gains Distributions
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- Short-Term to Long-Term Holding Period
39. Topics :Managing Multiple Portfolios Entering Global
Transactions Fundamental Analysis Tools Asset AllocationInternet
Tools Using Security Watch Lists Effective Tax Decisions Other
Features Improving Portfolio Management and Investment Decision
Making 40. Creating and using a watch list within Portfolio
Manager
- Using watch lists can improve the portfolio management
process:
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- Provide alternate investment lists for building or modifying
portfolios
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- Track and compare similar securities within a watch list
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- Share watch lists with family, friends, and associates
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- Allow for effective what-if testing
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- What impact on asset allocation, diversification, taxes due,
income received, etc.
41. Portfolio Manger provides a host of other tools and features
to improve decision making
- Integrate other BetterInvesting tools data, SSGs,
- Detailed option tracking including opening/closing buys, sells,
assignment, exercise
- Performance reporting - determine the time-weighted internal
rate of return
- Security search reports - find all portfolios holding a
security
- Export reports to other applications
- And many more important tools...
42.
- Managing your portfolio is like tending to your garden.
- BetterInvesting Portfolio Manager will help make the process
understandable, enjoyable and rewarding.
43. To learn more, please visit : www.biportfoliomanager.com
(free 45 day demo available) www.betterinvesting.org QUANT IX
SOFTWARE, Inc. 1035 West Glen Oaks Lane Suite 204 Mequon, WI53092
262-241-3990 Thank you for your interest in Portfolio Manager