Track US mutual funds with Sharesight

Sharesight has made it easier than ever for US investors to track their performance, with the ability to track over 24,000 US mutual funds. This is in addition to Sharesight’s existing support for leading US markets such as the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange, along with more than 40 other global markets. The ability to track investments across different asset classes, markets, currencies and brokers makes Sharesight the ultimate tool for investors to track their mutual funds along with the rest of their investments – all in one place. To learn more about US mutual funds and how you can track them using Sharesight, keep reading.

What is a mutual fund?

A mutual fund is an investment product that pools together the money of individual investors, with a fund manager using this money to invest in assets such as stocks, bonds, property or cash. Mutual funds are popular with investors as they can be an easy way to get exposure to a range of underlying investments and diversify a portfolio across different asset classes and markets. Investing in a mutual fund also requires little effort on the investor’s part, as the fund manager is responsible for making buy and sell decisions with the aim of generating positive returns. This is referred to as an "actively managed fund", unlike ETFs, which are typically passively managed funds.

Like stocks or ETFs, when an investor invests in a mutual fund, they are issued a number of shares or units in the fund, with each share/unit representing an equal portion of the fund’s value. Depending on the fund in question (and its profitability), investors may receive dividend or distribution payments from the fund.

US mutual fund support in Sharesight

Sharesight supports all US mutual funds covered by Morningstar price data — over 24,000 — which will continue to grow as additional mutual funds enter the market and are included in the Sharesight database.

As users add US mutual funds to their portfolios (details below), they can get the full picture of their investment performance by viewing their funds with the rest of their holdings, whether they are stocks, ETFs or even custom investments such as property. This makes it easy for investors to see the impact of specific investments as part of the overall return of their portfolio.

By running Sharesight’s Contribution Analysis Report, US investors can see the impact of mutual funds on their portfolio’s overall return over the date range of their choice.

How to track US mutual funds in Sharesight

1. Sign-up for a FREE Sharesight account.

2. Add your holdings to your portfolio(s) by searching for the fund’s ticker code or mstarid in the FundUS market. You can also use the Sharesight File Importer to bulk import trades to your portfolio.

3. Sharesight converts the prices and valuations of your holdings from their listed market to your portfolio’s base currency. It also automatically calculates any currency fluctuations on a daily basis and backfills past distributions (and continues to add new ones as they are announced).

Start tracking your US mutual fund investments today

If you’re not already using Sharesight to track your investments in US mutual funds, what are you waiting for? It’s free to sign up, and with Sharesight you can:

• Track all your investments in one place, including stocks, mutual/managed funds, property, and even cryptocurrency

• Get the true picture of your investment performance, including the impact of brokerage fees, distributions, and capital gains with Sharesight’s annualised performance calculation methodology

• Run powerful reports built for investors, including Performance, Portfolio Diversity, Contribution Analysis, Multi-Period, Multi-Currency Valuation and Future Income (upcoming distributions)

• Run tax reports including Taxable Income (dividends/distributions), Capital Gains Tax (Australia and Canada), Traders Tax (Capital Gains for traders in NZ) and FIF foreign investment fund income reports (NZ)

Sign up for a FREE Sharesight account and get started tracking your investment performance (and tax) today.

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