Income Yield based on basis?

leishirsute

Is there any report or quick way to calculate the annual income yield based on basis for an investment?

q_lurker

Probably not in the way you want it.

In a Portfolio View (Ctrl-U), you can add an Income % column where the % is based on the current cost basis.  To get an Annual number, you need to limit the period to the last year -- Options, Portfolio Preferences, Show return from ___ fill in the date for 12 months ago. 

The income for that period is inclusive of dividends received in that period, including dividends you received from shares you subsequently sold.  

q_lurker

Probably not in the way you want it.

In a Portfolio View (Ctrl-U), you can add an Income % column where the % is based on the current cost basis.  To get an Annual number, you need to limit the period to the last year -- Options, Portfolio Preferences, Show return from ___ fill in the date for 12 months ago. 

The income for that period is inclusive of dividends received in that period, including dividends you received from shares you subsequently sold.  

leishirsute

That's a neat way that I didn't realize was available.  Thank you.  It gives me pretty much what I wanted.

I gave it a try.  Just an FYI.  It looks like if an asset is Sold in the period selected.  It's income is not included. Its cost basis is 0, so the income calculations are left zero.  Just change the As Of date to include a day when the cost basis wasn't 0 for the sold asset.