Breelander wrote:DL's total for share values was always in the range +/- 50p of the total I calculate in my spreadsheet, FT's is within a penny of my calculation.
Have you any where the underlying divi is in 'foreign', e.g. USD? It seemed (perhaps) DL calc'd the GBP divi amount using an internal Fx ratio* on the pay-day which always varied a bit from what one might receive in a broker a/c (and one broker a/c GBP credit may differ from another too, for that matter).
* (Was similar if one bought a line priced in EUR, say.)
Breelander wrote:I've also just made a minor correction for a 17 for 22 consolidation of UU. back in 2008 which left a fractional holding in the portfolio.
Yes, I've noted the FT deals in fractions (the divi reinvestment handling option, for example)** and whilst it only displays to two decimal points I think the underlying extends beyond that. So increased accuracy long-term perhaps.
Breelander wrote:(well, 0.00001p actually as it won't accept 0p)
Yes, I noted that too, DL was the same, but could be tricked by editing the entry to zero afterwards. (I wonder how many decimal points one needs to extend to before the FT actually rounds it to zero... )
Breelander wrote:All dividends received since 2008 were then automatically recalculated.
That's quite impressive - so long as the divis are correct (see comment re 'foreign' above).
I put all my entries as b/fwd positions at 01/01/21 as I wouldn't want to manually re-enter all old movements (would take months!). One thing I did find a bit visually confusing on the first day of trading 2021 was that FT shows daily change for a line as total value rather than change in the unit s/p. Visually this confronts the eye with a rather huge range of numbers! (Yes, there's a %age change indication but I have to say I find daily change in s/p more helpful.) Do you know if the daily change is based on the open (as DL) or if they use the previous day's close? I've not checked that yet.
**I was thinking I might try the FT divi reinvestment function for a HSDL Sharebuilder a/c (has fractional holdings) I have which is set for divi reinvestment, but the underlying there is likely in 'foreign' so would need to test that.