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tornpain
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Posted - 2007.11.15 04:39:00 -
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can anyone help me out with a bit of math? i want to prorate a weekly dividend based on date of investment. there's 7 days in a week, if someone invests in day 5 of a week i only want to pay them based on their number of shares for 2/7ths of the total profit. the problem i'm having is calculating how much to add back in for those who have held shares for more than 1/7th of a week... is there an easy answer, or do i have to calculate the 1/7th payout, subtract it from the total dividend amount, and then repeat for 2/7ths, etc?
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FastLearner
Fury Holdings Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.11.15 04:42:00 -
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Easiest way is probably to charge a different amount for shares based on which day of the week they invest on. Avoids the need to keep track of who got their shares when. Of course it does require that you can predict your rate of payout pretty accurately.
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McRuder
Gallente Magnets and Duct Tape
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Posted - 2007.11.15 05:50:00 -
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Since you work on a 7 day cycle, it may be easier to only issue shares on the first day of every cycle. This way you skip all those excel spreadsheets, calculations, and general math headaches. |
Bakimi Ghevorchal
Praetoria Holdings
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Posted - 2007.11.15 07:48:00 -
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I'm going to have to agree with McRuder on this one, just issue them one day of the week, or issue them and set a start date a week in advance, so that it doesn't matter when they invest during those first 7 days, and pay dividend as of week 2. ------
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tornpain
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Posted - 2007.11.15 15:42:00 -
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It turns out my problem was that my profit projections weren't prorating the investitures according to their date of investment, which is why I always had "leftover" isk when projecting dividends.
The problem with changing the share prices is that next week they'll be fully vested in that week's dividend...I think it's easier to prorate than it is to issue shares twice, but it's food for thought.
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Block Ukx
KDM Corp Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.11.16 19:07:00 -
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Let SD[i] = (8 û Invested_Day[i] )* Invested_Shares[i]
Then the prorated dividend D[i] for investor [i] is:
D[i] = Profits * SD[i] / Sum{SD[j]}
Where the sum is over all investors.
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