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Assets

Asset building options, data processing and all available asset transformations.

Asset building and data quality

A portfolio is only as sound as the data behind it—so pfolio cares both that every series is clean and correct, and that you can shape each asset to reflect your real situation and a history long enough to test across market regimes.

Our asset building options

The Asset Builder is where every new asset enters your database. Choose where its data comes from—and, when you build from existing assets, what kind of asset to make.

Our asset lists

Overview and composition of pfolio asset lists.

Processing asset data

How pfolio turns raw price data—imported, downloaded, or created—into the clean daily series every metric is calculated from, and where to inspect and download that series.

All asset transformations

How to reshape an existing asset—extend its history, apply leverage or a fee, add a yield, or convert its currency—to use it in a portfolio or to analyse it on its own, such as how FX moves affect AAPL for a CHF-based investor.

Adding an asset from a data source

How to add a listed asset—an ETF, a stock, an index—by entering its Yahoo Finance ticker; pfolio then downloads its price history and keeps it updated daily.

Importing an asset

How to bring an asset into your database from your own price data, by file path or by upload, and the file format that data must follow.

Creating an asset

How to build a new asset from assets already in your database, and which of the three Created types to choose for the job.

Building synthetic assets

How to blend up to five existing assets into one synthetic asset that tracks a constant allocation across them, and how the Join Method sets its date range.

Building continuous futures contracts

How to build a single, continuous price series from a chain of expiring futures contracts, and how the Future, Future Month, Roll Method, Roll Cost, and Price Adjustment settings shape it.

Supported futures

The futures contracts pfolio can build a continuous series from, grouped by asset class, with each contract's multiplier, the calendar months it lists in, and the date its price history begins.

Asset attributes

What an asset's attributes are—the metadata that categorises it—how to edit them in the Asset Attributes tab, and how they drive the Asset Database, Portfolio Builder filtering, and Group By.

Managing assets

How to work with an asset once it is in pfolio—opening its details, reading its summary metrics, viewing or editing its attributes, and inspecting or downloading its price data.

Managing asset lists

How to organise your assets into lists—creating, editing, copying, and deleting them, and using a list to compare assets, build a portfolio universe, or filter the Assets Overview tables.

Asset glossary

Plain-language definitions of the recurring asset and Asset Builder terms used across these articles, with links to the article that covers each one in depth.

Asset building tips

How to get the most out of the Asset Builder—what to build from, how to keep a series honest, and which add-on each route needs.