Before you start
Use Public Markets for listed securities: stocks, ETFs, funds and bonds. The goal is to keep quantity, price, currency, source and current value clear enough that Net Worth, Capital Review, movement attribution and Investment Plan can understand what you hold.
Detailed steps
Open Assets > Investments
Start in Assets and open Investments. Check existing public-market rows first so you do not duplicate a broker position. If the same holding already exists, update it or use import review rather than creating a second row.
Choose Public Markets from Add Capital Item
Open Add Capital Item and choose Public Markets. Use Stock & Fund Ticker for a single listed holding. Use Import Holdings when a broker statement contains several stocks, ETFs, funds or bonds and you want Capitelist to extract rows for review.
Check ticker, exchange, quote currency and units
When you add manually, select the correct security and check symbol, exchange, company or fund name, current price and currency. Many instruments have multiple share classes, exchanges or currencies. The correct line matters more than a familiar ticker.
Verify the saved row before relying on totals
After saving, check the Public Markets row. Confirm ticker, units, amount invested, owned value, liquidity and gain or loss. If owned value looks wrong, reopen the record before using Net Worth or Investment Plan.
Open details for source and valuation metadata
Open More details to inspect the Public Market tab and Value tab. These areas explain the current value, valuation method, date, units and source. Use them when a movement, allocation or review item looks surprising.
Use broker import for multi-position statements
Use Import Holdings when the source is a broker statement with many rows. Review every extracted row before committing. Skip duplicates, check currency and make sure each row belongs in the active portfolio.
Field guide
Market identifier for the listed instrument.
Confirm exchange and share class when symbols repeat across markets.Number of shares, fund units or bond units held.
Use the broker quantity, not the total value.Unit price used for valuation when available.
Do not treat stale or unavailable quotes as live values.Currency of the quote or source value.
Keep the listing/source currency rather than forcing the base currency.Known cost basis or paid amount.
Leave blank when unknown instead of inventing a gain/loss.How quickly the holding can realistically be sold.
Daily is normal only when the instrument is freely tradable.Statement extraction for many holdings.
Review extracted rows before commit; import is not an automatic connection.Decision rules
What it adds
- Supports valuation movement attribution when quantity and price metadata are present.
- Keeps broker statements and manually tracked positions in the same portfolio map.
- Helps Investment Plan avoid recommending duplicates of existing holdings.
What it does not do
- Quote availability depends on configured market data providers.
- The app does not execute trades or provide broker custody.
- Market prices can be delayed, missing or unavailable for some instruments.
Common mistakes
What to check
- Use the correct listing currency and exchange line.
- Do not treat stale imported prices as live quotes.
- Record quantity changes separately from price movement when you want clean attribution.
Selecting the wrong exchange line or share class.
Entering total value as quantity.
Changing currency to the portfolio base currency manually.
Duplicating a holding that already exists from a broker import.
Treating old imported prices as live quotes.
Using daily liquidity for restricted, suspended or pledged positions.
Skipping the Value tab when a public-market row drives movement.
After you save
- Check the Public Markets table row.
- Open More details and confirm ticker, units, current value, currency and source.
- Open Net Worth to confirm allocation and currency exposure changed as expected.
- Open Capital Review when a public-market row creates concentration, stale data or overlap issues.
- Use Import Holdings for the next broker statement if many rows need updating.
- Keep cost basis and tax-lot questions with broker or tax records when needed.