10-04-2021, 05:46 PM
Why are my vanguard calculations off?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, Normally I use whatever my broker gives me to track my investments. I started entering all my transactions into google sheets to track my investments in a consolidated view. But then I saw this, and I wasn't sure what was happening, and how to go about it. </p> <p>This is a line item of 2 transactions from my history. <a href="https://imgur.com/a/O4IMJkj">https://imgur.com/a/O4IMJkj</a></p> <p>But the match doesn't seem to add up. I purchased 72.9830 shares of VTSMX at $68.55, so the total cost should be $5,002.98465, or rounded to $5,003.00. But vanguard has it rounded to $5,003.01 Where did the extra cent come from?</p> <p>Same thing with the one above it. 0.2910*$69.22 should equal $20.14302 or $20.14. But Vanguard has it listed as $20.13.</p> <p>What is going on here?</p> <p>[edit] Wow, this thread has gotten real toxic. I was expecting professionalism out of this investing community, not name calling and cursing. I feel I need to justify my question. Yes, a cent does not matter to you or I. But to a broker that handles billions of transactions, even a cent is a big deal, and I was curious as to why the calculations were off, as there had to be a reason. Thank you <a href="/u/HulksInvinciblePants">/u/HulksInvinciblePants</a> for suggesting a plausible answer. I don't normally post here, and I think the responses I see here causes me to question whether I should even start a conversation in this sub in the future.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/anish714"> /u/anish714 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q16c8k/why_are_my_vanguard_calculations_off/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q16c8k/why_are_my_vanguard_calculations_off/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, Normally I use whatever my broker gives me to track my investments. I started entering all my transactions into google sheets to track my investments in a consolidated view. But then I saw this, and I wasn't sure what was happening, and how to go about it. </p> <p>This is a line item of 2 transactions from my history. <a href="https://imgur.com/a/O4IMJkj">https://imgur.com/a/O4IMJkj</a></p> <p>But the match doesn't seem to add up. I purchased 72.9830 shares of VTSMX at $68.55, so the total cost should be $5,002.98465, or rounded to $5,003.00. But vanguard has it rounded to $5,003.01 Where did the extra cent come from?</p> <p>Same thing with the one above it. 0.2910*$69.22 should equal $20.14302 or $20.14. But Vanguard has it listed as $20.13.</p> <p>What is going on here?</p> <p>[edit] Wow, this thread has gotten real toxic. I was expecting professionalism out of this investing community, not name calling and cursing. I feel I need to justify my question. Yes, a cent does not matter to you or I. But to a broker that handles billions of transactions, even a cent is a big deal, and I was curious as to why the calculations were off, as there had to be a reason. Thank you <a href="/u/HulksInvinciblePants">/u/HulksInvinciblePants</a> for suggesting a plausible answer. I don't normally post here, and I think the responses I see here causes me to question whether I should even start a conversation in this sub in the future.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/anish714"> /u/anish714 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q16c8k/why_are_my_vanguard_calculations_off/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/q16c8k/why_are_my_vanguard_calculations_off/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R