Amount Invested in a stock

Learning

Using Quicken 2011 here.

example:

Bought 10 shares at $10 for $100 total
Sold 5 of those shares at $20 for $100 total

Quicken shows a cost basis of $50 I understand that.

Is there a way to show/see that this stock is stock that I have none of my own money in?

I will have 5 shares in the account that i effectively paid nothing to own.

Currently having the market value beside the cost basis looks misleading when look at this type of situation.

Mark1104

it's not misleading.  it's the way it works.  

Let's say you sold the remaining 5 shares today and re-purchased them tomorrow at the same price.   Would you now say you again playing with your own money and not 'house money'? You effectively paid $100 to buy those shares back! what changed?  Your economic condition is exactly the same tomorrow as it is today!

A better way to think about it is review the 'annual return' of your investment.  Under "reports", run the investment performance report. look at the average annual return

Consider that money in a bank savings account has a return of let's say .5% in today's environment.   Are you getting a return high enough for the risk you are taking with this investment vs. a risk free investment (bank deposit or treasury bonds).