Capital Account

AssetView's Capital Account tracks your capital investment in each asset. The capital account represents your cost basis in an asset.

Increase

For an asset, your Capital Account increases when you do one of the following.

1. Buy shares
2. Receive shares (e.g. as a gift)
3. Record an increase through a capital adjustment

Decreases

For an asset, your Capital Account decreases when you do one of the following.

1. Sell shares
2. Send shares (e.g. as a gift)
3. Record an decrease through a capital adjustment

Cost Basis

In Settings>General, you can set the default method for calculating your cost basis on capital gains. You may also set an automatic override calculation for each asset class. When entering a closing transaction on a position, you may override either of these default settings.