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XFool wrote:Anyway... (Not an investment topic!)
CliffEdge wrote:People do seem to have a habit of derailing threads with off-topic posts or with brief tangential answers to discussion points.
Dicky99 wrote:CliffEdge wrote:People do seem to have a habit of derailing threads with off-topic posts or with brief tangential answers to discussion points.
Rambling off on a tangent. That's an age thing
XFool wrote:
Thinks: I have just had an idea. Perhaps we should have a new board on TLF, called 'Anything', 'As You Like It' or 'Rambling Rose'?
Dicky99 wrote:XFool wrote:Thinks: I have just had an idea. Perhaps we should have a new board on TLF, called 'Anything', 'As You Like It' or 'Rambling Rose'?
Perhaps it could be a board titled "Blah Blah Blah"
XFool wrote:Dicky99 wrote:Rambling off on a tangent. That's an age thing
Perish the thought we can ever deal with anything of any interest on TLF!
"Gentlemen! You can't be interested in here, this is The Lemon Fool."
Perhaps being too easily confused and distracted is an "age thing"?
Thinks: I have just had an idea. Perhaps we should have a new board on TLF, called 'Anything', 'As You Like It' or 'Rambling Rose'?
tjh290633 wrote:stacker512 wrote:
Well how about a topic thread on how to setup and run these spreadsheets?
Would be a good and worthy challenge for those of more experience to teach us newer folk?
My spreadsheets have grown "Like Topsy". Those for individual shares are purely chronological with purchases, sales, dividends received and corporate actions. Columns are too many to list, but the final column is a cash flow, leading to a result for XIRR, and there are also columns giving numbers of shares held and their average cost per share.
One for the portfolio will have the essential details for each share, it's current price and holding value, and the overall total value for that day. I print a copy out for each trading day. You can expand on this to your heart's content.
TJH
GrahamPlatt wrote:tjh290633 wrote:My spreadsheets have grown "Like Topsy". Those for individual shares are purely chronological with purchases, sales, dividends received and corporate actions. Columns are too many to list, but the final column is a cash flow, leading to a result for XIRR, and there are also columns giving numbers of shares held and their average cost per share.
One for the portfolio will have the essential details for each share, it's current price and holding value, and the overall total value for that day. I print a copy out for each trading day. You can expand on this to your heart's content.
TJH
Sounds to me that you’d be better off with a database Terry. Problem of course is that there’s a learning curve, and you have what works for you. “Newer folks” should view “older folks” methods with appropriate scepticism.
I’m going to argue that this is “on topic”, because the OP is complaining there’s not enough financial discussion, and what could be more financial than a discussion about spreadsheets!
Dicky99 wrote:XFool wrote:
Thinks: I have just had an idea. Perhaps we should have a new board on TLF, called 'Anything', 'As You Like It' or 'Rambling Rose'?
Perhaps it could be a board titled "Blah Blah Blah"
chas49 wrote:Dicky99 wrote:
Perhaps it could be a board titled "Blah Blah Blah"
We already have:
Beerpig's Snug
A virtual pub for off topic, light hearted pub related banter and discussion. No trainers
Mike4 wrote:chas49 wrote:
We already have:
Beerpig's Snug
A virtual pub for off topic, light hearted pub related banter and discussion. No trainers
What's wrong with trainers? It's a perfectly respectable career.
chas49 wrote:Mike4 wrote:
What's wrong with trainers? It's a perfectly respectable career.
The management said no trainers so you're not coming in mate. Sorry
Mike4 wrote:chas49 wrote:
The management said no trainers so you're not coming in mate. Sorry
But sir, SIR! I've not been a trainer for years! I'm more interested in boats than trains these days...
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