Use this glossary to understand common Navexa, investment, performance, income and tax terms you may see in the Help Center or inside your account.
How To Use This Glossary
This glossary gives plain-English meanings for common terms used in Navexa.
Some terms have a general investing meaning and a Navexa-specific meaning. Where that matters, the definition explains how the term is used in Navexa.
A To C
AMIT means Attribution Managed Investment Trust. Some Australian ETFs and managed funds use AMIT rules to attribute income and cost-base adjustments to investors.
AMMA statement means Annual Member Statement or Attribution Managed Member Annual statement. It shows tax components for managed funds, ETFs and trusts.
Annualised return is a return figure expressed as a yearly rate. Annualised returns can make different date ranges easier to compare.
Asset means something you track in Navexa, such as a share, ETF, crypto asset, managed fund, cash account or Custom Investment.
ATO myTax report is a Navexa tax report that helps Australian investors review figures for myTax labels based on their Navexa portfolio data.
Average buy price is the average price paid for units currently held in a holding. It can differ from your broker if the broker uses different data, dates, fees or calculation rules.
Base currency is the currency selected when a portfolio is created. Navexa uses the base currency for portfolio-level values and many reports.
Benchmark is an index, stock or other comparison point used to compare portfolio performance against a reference.
Brokerage is the fee paid to buy or sell an investment. Brokerage may form part of cost base and capital gains calculations.
Buy trade is a transaction that records the purchase of units in an investment.
CAGR means compound annual growth rate. It expresses growth as a smoothed yearly rate over a selected period.
Capital gain is the profit made when an investment is sold for more than its cost base.
Capital loss is the loss made when an investment is sold for less than its cost base.
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is the tax that may apply when you sell an investment for a capital gain.
Cash Account is a Navexa record for portfolio cash. It can track deposits, withdrawals, interest, fees and optional cash movements from trades or income.
CGT method is the sale allocation method used to match sell trades with buy parcels for capital gains calculations.
Corporate action is an event that changes a holding, such as a split, consolidation, merger, acquisition, demerger or ticker change.
Cost base is the total amount paid to acquire an investment, including eligible fees and adjustments. Navexa uses cost base when calculating capital gains and losses.
Custom Investment is a manually tracked asset that Navexa does not price automatically, such as property, private shares, bonds, art or unsupported funds.
D To H
Date range controls the period shown in portfolio views and reports. Changing the date range can change performance, income and other displayed figures.
Delisted holding is a holding that is no longer trading on its exchange. It may need manual handling if it has been acquired, renamed, moved, or become worthless.
Demerger is a corporate action where part of a company separates into another listed or unlisted entity. Demergers can affect holdings, cost base and tax records.
Dividend is income paid by a company to shareholders. Navexa can use dividends in income tracking, performance and tax reports.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) is an arrangement where a dividend is reinvested into additional units instead of being paid only as cash.
Distribution is income paid by an ETF, trust or managed fund. A distribution may include several tax components on an AMMA or annual tax statement.
ETF means exchange traded fund. An ETF is a fund traded on an exchange like a share, often holding a basket of assets.
Exchange is the market where an investment trades, such as ASX, NASDAQ or NYSE.
FIFO means first in, first out. In CGT settings, FIFO generally matches the earliest buy parcels to the sell first.
Foreign withholding tax is tax withheld overseas from foreign income, such as dividends from international shares.
Holding is one investment position inside a portfolio. A holding contains the trades, income, notes and settings for that investment.
I To R
Income means money received from an investment, such as dividends, distributions, interest or staking rewards.
Income payout is a cash-side transaction that records income being paid into a Cash Account.
LIFO means last in, first out. In CGT settings, LIFO generally matches the latest buy parcels to the sell first.
Managed fund is a pooled investment managed by a fund manager. Some managed funds can be tracked automatically, while others may need manual tracking.
Market value is the current value of a holding based on units held and the available price data.
Modified Dietz Method is the performance calculation method Navexa uses to account for deposits and withdrawals during a selected period.
Money-weighted return (MWR) is a return measure that includes the effect of cashflows. It can be useful for understanding an investor's actual experience.
Portfolio is a container for holdings, trades, income, cash accounts, reports and settings. Many investors use one portfolio per tax entity.
Portfolio value is the total value of the assets in a portfolio, based on holdings, cash accounts and available pricing data.
Realised gain or loss is the gain or loss that occurs after an investment has been sold.
Return of Capital (ROC) is a payment or tax component that reduces cost base rather than being treated only as income.
S To U
Sale allocation is the process of matching a sell trade to one or more buy parcels for CGT calculations.
Sell trade is a transaction that records the sale of units in an investment.
Split is a corporate action that increases the number of units held while reducing the price per unit proportionally.
Staking reward is crypto income received for participating in a staking process. In Navexa, staking rewards may need to be entered manually.
Tax parcel is a parcel of units used in CGT calculations. It usually relates to a specific buy trade or acquisition event.
Taxable income is income that may need to be included for tax reporting. In Navexa, this can include dividends, distributions, trust income and other tax components.
TFN withholding is tax withheld from Australian income when a Tax File Number has not been supplied or withholding applies.
Ticker is the code used to identify a listed investment on an exchange, such as a stock or ETF code.
Time-weighted return (TWR) is a return measure that removes the effect of deposits and withdrawals. It is useful for comparing investment performance independent of cashflows.
Trade is a record of an investment event, such as a buy, sell, split, bonus issue, transfer or cost-base adjustment.
Transaction is a broader record of activity in Navexa. A transaction can relate to a trade, income event, cash movement or another portfolio record.
Transfer In records units moving into a portfolio without treating the event as a normal market purchase.
Transfer Out records units moving out of a portfolio without treating the event as a normal market sale.
Trust income is income attributed from a trust, ETF or managed fund. It may appear differently from ordinary dividend income in tax reports.
Unrealised gain or loss is the potential gain or loss on an investment that has not yet been sold.
Remember, this is general information, not personal financial advice.