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Captool Professional Investor
"Independent Software for Independent Advisors"
Recommended System |
Imports and Exports |
- Pentium or equivalent, 400 Mhz or better, 128MB, XVGA (1024x768), MS-Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me, or XP
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- Plain text import and export
- Comma-delimited import and export
- User-customizable import translate templates
- Pre-defined import templates for popular data sources
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User Interface |
Downloading |
- Multi-document interface permits viewing several portfolios at one time
- Scrollable, multi-record data viewing and input screens, with masking and screening functions
- User-customizable data screens (field order, fonts, colors, headers, etc).
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- Internet stock and mutual fund quote downloads from various web sites.
- Canadian & International internet quote downloads
- (data provided by 3rd party services are subject to interruption, modification, or change of terms.)
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Securities Handled |
Data Management |
- Stocks, Mutual Funds, Annuities, Bonds, (fixed, zcb's, variable, treasuries, munis...), Cash, GNMA's, CMO's, Real Estate, Partnerships, Options, User defined securities.
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- Time-saving batch processing
- Distribution record generation
- Integrated backup and restore utility
- File merging function
- Data cut, copy & paste
- User-optional data compression
- User-optional data encryption
- Data read/write controls for network ops (Pro2+)
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Transactions Handled |
International |
- Buy/Sell, Short/Cover, Margin Buys, Return of Capital, Dividends, Interest, Phantom Interest, Cap. Gains Distribs, (short/long), Reinvestments, Splits, Reverse Splits, Premium/Discount Amortizations, Fees, Commissions, Spinoffs, Mergers,....and more.
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- Multi-currency portfolio capability
- Currency re-valuation utility
- User label and header customization
- International date & numeric formats support
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Taxes |
Client/Contact Management |
- Cost basis computation & tracking
- 5 tax lot methods (FIFO, LIFO, Avg, Avg/2, specific)
- Automatic/Manual tax lot assignment
- Minimize taxes or Maximize Gains
- Estimated Tax Computations
- Customizable tax rate tables
- Federal/Local tax free options
- Capital Gains and Income Reports
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- Account records include account title, name, tax-ID, 3 phones, date of birth and brief note field, 3 addresses, 3 faxes, 2 e-mails, & family data
- Telephone auto-dialing
- Sub-account records (Pro2+)
- Unlimited calendar/note logging with alarms
- Memo merging and label generation
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Reports |
Client Billing |
- Extensive Report Customization including:
- Field Selection from over 300 fields
- Font type, size, and color control
- Border (boxing) control
- Subtotal and Totaling Control
- "Suppress Detail" option
- Date and Numeric formatting control
- Optional user-customizable graphics associated with many reports
- Customizable report headers including logos
- User-customizable report footers
- Optional report output to text or comma-separated text files (importable into excel spreadsheet)
- Multi-portfolio merged reports based upon tax-ID, family identifier, or user-defined criteria.
- "Who owns" cross-reference reporting
- Compliance audit reporting
- Client-specific report customization
- Batch generation of Adobe PDF format reports for e-mail dissemination. Requires PDF Writer. (Pro2+)
- Batch dissemination of reports by fax modem (Pro2+)
- Website report distribution (Pro3+)
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- On assets under management:
- % of period average balance
- % beginning or ending balance
- advance fee, with prior-period adjustments
- profit-based incentive fee (Pro3+)
- minimum and administrative fees
- flat or layered fees
- fee exclusions
- Fee rates by asset class supported (Pro2+)
- Optional time based billing
- Customizable billing statement
- Mutual fund load reporting (Pro2+)
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Graphics |
Broker/Dealer Interfaces |
- Fully integrated graphics require no external application software:
- Valuation & Investment vs. Time
- Portfolio Growth vs. Market Indices
- Account allocation pie charts
- Allocation model pie charts (Pro2+)
- Security prices & fundamentals
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- Flexible, time-saving, no-extra charge B/D import interfaces:
- Waterhouse, Schwab, Fidelity, National Financial, Pershing, RPR, AmeriTrade, First Trust Datalynx, Bear Stearns, Fiserv, KeyBank, Matrix, Penson, SLK, US Bank, DST FanMail, DAZL & many others!
- Supports B/D data in Advent, Centerpiece, or dbCAMS import format (& others)
- No extra charge B/D reconciliation's
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ROI Performance |
Allocation Driven Trades |
- AIMR compliant methodology
- Time-weighted (AIMR) ROI's
- Time+Dollar weighted ROI's (IRR)
- Before/After estimated tax ROI's
- Before/After management fee ROI's
- Before/After commissions ROI's
- Multiple portfolio composite ROI's
- ROI reporting vs. "blended indices"
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- Computes re-balancing trades from user-specified Allocation tables
- Re-balancing by asset class supported (Pro2+)
- Implements exclusions and trade limits
- Performs fund for fund swaps
- Exports results to B/D uploadable files
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Analysis |
Fund Accounting |
- Risk Measures: Standard Deviation (Sigma), Alpha, Beta, Correlation & Sharpe Ratio
- Security ranking and sorting by over 30 measures ( requires data collection)
- Bond YTM, yield-to-call and duration
- Maturity date ranking
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- Share accounting for pooled investments starting at Pro 3. This feature may be subject to a surcharge based upon fund participants and assets.
- Click here for surcharge schedule
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Save time, make money! |
Licensing |
| Updates to Captool portfolio management software will be periodically posted on the Internet at http://www.captools.com/, from which they may be downloaded and installed according to the instructions on the web page. Captool Pro users have on-going access to Captool updates provided their license is current. Captool Individual and Global users have access to such updates for the first 12 months, following initial licensing, after which a non-mandatory license renewal is required to obtain further access (see the “Update” web page for additional information). |
- Pro1: $2000 plus $1000/yr 2nd year renewal (1 user/1 person firm)
- Pro2: $3000 plus $1500/yr 2nd year renewal (1-3 users)
- Pro3: $4000 plus $2500/yr 2nd year renewal (1-4 users)
- Pro4: $5000 plus $3500/yr 2nd year renewal (1-5 users)
- Above pricing includes Captools/net option.
- Call for additional users
- Click here for licensing terms
(pricing as of 03/31/2006) |

Click on picture for Captool pro brochure in pdf format!
"We know of no other program in its price range
with the capabilities of Captool."
CFP BIZ Review June '99
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