Entering Bond Info

I am having difficulty determining how to enter bond info in Money 2005....I
have the following from a Merrill Lynch statement. One where it looks like
the estimated market value is more than the cost basis and one where the
est. market value is less than the cost basis. How do I enter the info
correctly to get the correct current market value?....thanks....Merv

Total Cost Basis (Less) Than Est. Market Value
Quanity 400
Date Acquired 10/28/02
Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
Total Cost Basis $10,000
Est. Market Price $26.12
Est. Market Value $10,448


Total Cost Basis More Than Est. Market Value
Quanity 400
Date Acquired 02/11/04
Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
Total Cost Basis $10,000
Est. Market Price $24.85
Est. Market Value $9,940.
Unrealized Gain or (Loss) ($60.00)

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Fri Aug 12 22:21:51 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.money, Merv Faulk wrote:

>I am having difficulty determining how to enter bond info in Money 2005....I
>have the following from a Merrill Lynch statement. One where it looks like
>the estimated market value is more than the cost basis and one where the
>est. market value is less than the cost basis. How do I enter the info
>correctly to get the correct current market value?....thanks....Merv
>
>Total Cost Basis (Less) Than Est. Market Value
>Quanity 400
>Date Acquired 10/28/02
>Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
>Total Cost Basis $10,000
>Est. Market Price $26.12
>Est. Market Value $10,448
>
>
>Total Cost Basis More Than Est. Market Value
>Quanity 400
>Date Acquired 02/11/04
>Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
>Total Cost Basis $10,000
>Est. Market Price $24.85
>Est. Market Value $9,940.
>Unrealized Gain or (Loss) ($60.00)

Do you have a symbol or CUSIP on that? The pricing is not what I
would expect from a typical bond.

Michael
Sun Aug 14 11:54:11 CDT 2005

This looks like Preferred Stock, rather than a bond. (I know, ML describes
it as a bond). But, if you download from ML's website into Money, you will
see that ML categorizes it as stock and Money has to accept that
designation.

Hope this helps

--
Michael Gordon
MVP


"Merv Faulk" <mlfaulk@cox.net> wrote in message
news:OfJNt06nFHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I am having difficulty determining how to enter bond info in Money
>2005....I have the following from a Merrill Lynch statement. One where it
>looks like the estimated market value is more than the cost basis and one
>where the est. market value is less than the cost basis. How do I enter
>the info correctly to get the correct current market
>value?....thanks....Merv
>
> Total Cost Basis (Less) Than Est. Market Value
> Quanity 400
> Date Acquired 10/28/02
> Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
> Total Cost Basis $10,000
> Est. Market Price $26.12
> Est. Market Value $10,448
>
>
> Total Cost Basis More Than Est. Market Value
> Quanity 400
> Date Acquired 02/11/04
> Adjusted/Unit Cost Basis $25.00
> Total Cost Basis $10,000
> Est. Market Price $24.85
> Est. Market Value $9,940.
> Unrealized Gain or (Loss) ($60.00)
>