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Investment Portfolio Tracker: See All Your Holdings
An investment portfolio tracker puts holdings from separate accounts into one view. PopaDex is useful when investments are only one part of the picture: it tracks them alongside cash, property, pensions, and debts, with support for more than 12 currencies.
It is a wealth and portfolio overview, not a brokerage or security-research terminal. If you need tax-lot accounting, trade journaling, benchmark-grade return attribution, or stock research, use a specialist tool.
Portfolio overview
See your investments in the context of your total wealth
Add accounts manually for free. Connect supported institutions on Premium when automation is worth €5 per month.
What you can track in PopaDex
| What you own or owe | How to add it | What the dashboard shows |
|---|---|---|
| Brokerage and investment accounts | Manually or through a supported connection | Account value within total assets |
| Pensions and retirement accounts | Manually or through a supported connection | Long-term assets in the same balance sheet |
| Cash and bank accounts | Manually or through a supported connection | Liquid assets alongside investments |
| Property and other private assets | Manually | Values that a brokerage dashboard usually omits |
| Mortgages, loans, and other debts | Manually or through a supported connection | Liabilities deducted from total assets |
PopaDex records account-level values. It is designed to answer “What do I own, what do I owe, and how has that total changed?” It does not tell you which security to buy or sell.
How to set up your portfolio
- Choose a reporting currency. Use the currency in which you normally plan and review your finances.
- Add each account. Start manually, or connect a supported institution on Premium. Manual accounts are useful for property, private investments, and unsupported providers.
- Review the complete balance sheet. Check investments in the context of cash, pensions, property, and liabilities instead of treating the brokerage total as your net worth.
Update manual balances on a schedule you can maintain. Monthly is enough for many long-term investors. A daily routine adds work without necessarily improving decisions.
Tracker, analyzer, or brokerage?
These products solve different problems. Calling all of them “portfolio trackers” makes comparisons less useful.
| Product type | Best question it answers | Typical capabilities | What it is not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio or wealth tracker | “What are all my holdings worth?” | Account aggregation, balances, allocation overview, history | A trading venue or research terminal |
| Portfolio analyzer | “How is this portfolio behaving?” | Return calculations, benchmarks, risk, overlap, tax reports | Necessarily a complete household balance sheet |
| Brokerage | “Where do I place this trade?” | Custody, orders, statements, tax documents | Necessarily a cross-provider overview |
PopaDex sits in the first category. For tools that specialize in performance, tax reporting, or investment research, see our comparison of the best investment tracking apps.
Multi-currency portfolio tracking
An international portfolio can look fragmented even when each account is simple. PopaDex lets you keep accounts in their native currencies and view the combined balance in one reporting currency.
Currency conversion makes the total comparable, but it also adds a source of movement. A foreign account can show a change in your reporting currency even when the underlying holdings are flat. Review both the local balance and converted total before drawing a conclusion.
For a closer look at that workflow, read the multi-currency net worth tracker guide.
Manual entry or account connections
Manual tracking is often the better starting point. It costs nothing, works with any provider, and lets you decide exactly what to include. The trade-off is that you must keep values current.
Premium costs €5 per month and adds connections to supported financial institutions through Plaid and GoCardless where available. Coverage varies by institution and country, so confirm that your providers are supported before relying on automation. You can mix connected and manual accounts in the same dashboard.
What PopaDex does not do
PopaDex does not execute trades, hold client assets, recommend investments, or replace brokerage statements. It is also not designed for:
- tax-lot and capital-gains accounting;
- trade journaling or order history analysis;
- security screening and fundamental research;
- benchmark-grade time-weighted or money-weighted return attribution;
- personalized investment, tax, or legal advice.
Those boundaries matter. A simpler tracker is a good fit when the job is consolidation. It is a poor fit when the job is security analysis or formal reporting.
App or spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet gives you complete control and keeps the model visible. It also requires more maintenance, especially when currencies and accounts multiply. An app reduces that upkeep and makes historical review easier, but it introduces software and connection dependencies.
If you prefer a file you control, use the investment tracking spreadsheet guide. If you are choosing between tracker apps, compare them by the job you need done rather than the length of their feature lists.
Investment portfolio tracker FAQ
What is an investment portfolio tracker?
It is software that combines holdings from one or more accounts into a consolidated view. The level of detail varies: some products show account balances, while specialist analyzers calculate returns, risk, overlap, or tax reports.
Can I track investments without connecting a bank or broker?
Yes. PopaDex has a free manual plan. Supported account connections are optional and available on Premium.
Is PopaDex a brokerage or portfolio analyzer?
No. It does not execute trades or replace specialist tools for tax lots, trade analysis, security research, or formal performance reporting.
Can I track investments in different currencies?
Yes. PopaDex supports more than 12 currencies and converts balances into a reporting currency. Exchange-rate movements can affect the converted total.
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