About investment reports
In Quicken Classic for Mac, investment reports help you review what you own and what it’s worth, based on the latest prices in your file. This topic covers only two reports: Portfolio Value and Portfolio Value & Cost Basis.
What these reports show
Both reports summarize your investment holdings across one or more accounts. Use them to confirm share counts, review current prices, and see market value totals.
Portfolio Value vs. Portfolio Value & Cost Basis
Portfolio Value focuses on current position details and market value.
Portfolio Value & Cost Basis includes everything in Portfolio Value, plus cost basis and gain/loss information for each holding.
Access the reports
You can open both reports from the Reports menu.
Choose Reports > Investing.
Choose Portfolio Value or Portfolio Value & Cost Basis.
Understand the columns
The columns you see depend on which report you open.
Portfolio Value columns
This report shows what you hold and what it’s worth right now.
Security: The name of the security. If the report is grouped, you may see indented sub-rows under a security name.
Symbol: The ticker symbol.
Shares: The number of shares you hold.
Quote / Price: The price used to calculate market value.
Market Value: The current value (typically Shares × Quote / Price).
Portfolio Value & Cost Basis columns
This report adds performance and cost details. Some columns may show an “as of” date in the header.
Security: The name of the security. If the report is grouped, you may see indented sub-rows under a security name.
Symbol: The ticker symbol.
Cost Basis: Your cost basis for the holding.
Gain / Loss: The difference between Market Value and Cost Basis.
Gain / Loss (%): The gain or loss expressed as a percentage.
Market Value: The current value based on the latest price.
Edit a report
You can customize either report to control the date range and what accounts or securities are included.
Open the report.
Click Edit.
Update settings on Accounts and Securities, and set a Date range.
Click OK.
Set the date range
Use the Date range menu to select a preset range (for example, This Month or Last 12 Months) or choose Custom Dates… and enter a start and end date.
Include accounts
On Accounts, choose one:
All investing accounts (except separate accounts)
Selected accounts
If you choose Selected accounts, use the checkboxes to include or exclude accounts. You can also use Search, Select All, and Clear All.
Include securities
On Securities, choose one:
Include all securities
Include only selected securities
If you choose Include only selected securities, use the checkboxes to include or exclude securities. You can also use Search, Select All, and Clear All.
Save, duplicate, print, and export
Both reports support saving, duplicating, printing, and exporting.
Save a customized report
Saving lets you keep your filters and selections so you can run the same report again later.
Open the report and apply your changes.
Click Save.
Enter a name, then click Save.
Duplicate a report
Duplicating is useful when you want to create a second version of a report with different filters.
Open the report.
Click Duplicate.
Edit the duplicate, then click Save if you want to keep it.
Print a report
Open the report.
Click Print.
Choose your print options, then print.
Export a report
Exporting lets you work with the report data outside Quicken (for example, in a spreadsheet app).
Open the report.
Click Export.
Choose the export option you want, then save the file.
Get more detail from a report
You can drill into your data to see what makes up a value shown in the report.
Click an amount to open the related details.
If Quicken shows a list of transactions, review that list to confirm what’s included.
Tips
These steps can help you get cleaner report results.
Start with All investing accounts (except separate accounts) and Include all securities, then narrow down after you confirm totals.
If a number looks off, change one filter at a time so you can tell what caused the change.
Use Search on Accounts and Securities to find items quickly in long lists.
Troubleshooting
If the report doesn’t look right, these are the most common causes.
Cost basis is $0.00 or missing
This usually means Quicken can’t calculate cost basis for the holding based on the transactions in your file.
What to check:
Confirm you have buy transactions (not just a share balance) for the security.
If shares came from a transfer or an adjustment, confirm the original purchase history exists in your file.
A security is missing from the report
This is usually caused by report filters.
What to check:
Click Edit, then on Accounts confirm the account is included.
On Securities, confirm the security is included, or switch to Include all securities.
Totals don’t match what you expected
This is often a date range or selection issue.
What to check:
Confirm the Date range, especially if you’re using a rolling range like Last 12 Months.
Click Edit and confirm you didn’t exclude an account or security unintentionally.