Reinvested dividend increases the total amount

Hello everyone,
I run into a problem after inputting the reinvested dividend in the Portfolio Performance. A similar discussion has been appeared in the German version. Here is the original link: Wiederanlage von Dividenden - #21 by TBaer

I quote the translated question from Tbaer:

Anyone has an idea to the problem? Thank you.
Best,
Michael

Hi Michael,

did you also read the response below your linked post?

Translated:

Unfortunately, you don’t understand this correctly, because the accounting process is that new shares are acquired from the proceeds of the earnings/dividends. And thus you invest fresh capital. It is not an accumulation, because then the number of shares would remain unchanged.

So what is your question?

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