Investment Account Associated Cash Problem (Money 2004)

Greetings,

In Money 2004, I have a Roth Ira. I regularly make cash
contributions to this account from checking, which normally show up in
Cash Transactions tab of the investment account. I electronically
sync with both my bank (checking) and my broker (Ira).

Somewhere along the line one of these transactions got jacked up.
Now for example, in Cash Transactions i see a balance of $150.36,
however, in the "Your Portfolio : Holdings View" I see a
"Contributions" balance of $300.36. Additionally, whenever I view any
graph of assets, "Associated Cash" is consistantly $150 higher than
the correct value displayed on the "Cash Transactions" tab for the
account.

If I add or remove $$$ in Cash Transactions, "Contributions" and
"Associated Cash" on graphs move accordingly, but remain $150 off. So
the obvious questions are how did this happen? Why are they
different? And, how can I reconcile these two values?

Thanks
David

Dick
Thu Jul 15 12:57:07 CDT 2004

I'm thinking you want to try File|Repair|Quick repair (if that's the right
menu path) or msmoney -s as the case may be. I don't know that this will
work, but it's an educated hunch.

"David R Emerson" <demerson@hpsj.com> wrote in message
news:452bb399.0407150941.6633bda9@posting.google.com...
> Greetings,
>
> In Money 2004, I have a Roth Ira. I regularly make cash
> contributions to this account from checking, which normally show up in
> Cash Transactions tab of the investment account. I electronically
> sync with both my bank (checking) and my broker (Ira).
>
> Somewhere along the line one of these transactions got jacked up.
> Now for example, in Cash Transactions i see a balance of $150.36,
> however, in the "Your Portfolio : Holdings View" I see a
> "Contributions" balance of $300.36. Additionally, whenever I view any
> graph of assets, "Associated Cash" is consistantly $150 higher than
> the correct value displayed on the "Cash Transactions" tab for the
> account.
>
> If I add or remove $$$ in Cash Transactions, "Contributions" and
> "Associated Cash" on graphs move accordingly, but remain $150 off. So
> the obvious questions are how did this happen? Why are they
> different? And, how can I reconcile these two values?

via_newsgroup
Thu Jul 15 16:20:56 CDT 2004

In microsoft.public.money, David R Emerson wrote:

>
> Somewhere along the line one of these transactions got jacked up.
> Now for example, in Cash Transactions i see a balance of $150.36,
>however, in the "Your Portfolio : Holdings View" I see a
>"Contributions" balance of $300.36. Additionally, whenever I view any
>graph of assets, "Associated Cash" is consistantly $150 higher than
>the correct value displayed on the "Cash Transactions" tab for the
>account.

Try File->RepairMoneyFile->QuickFileRepair to see if that helps
things.

demerson
Thu Jul 15 19:36:23 CDT 2004

Interesting, I didn't realize there was a repair file function.
Unfortunately I tried both the Quick Repair, and the Standard Repair,
but the values are still unequal.

I see a 'Balance an Account' option, when I select the 'Cash
Transactions' tab. I've not performed this operation before, but I'll
probably try it next. It appears to allow you to balance to that of a
statement from the broker.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in message news:<OiaRmUpaEHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> I'm thinking you want to try File|Repair|Quick repair (if that's the right
> menu path) or msmoney -s as the case may be. I don't know that this will
> work, but it's an educated hunch.
>

Gary
Thu Jul 15 22:26:12 CDT 2004

David,

You might want to go to the Investment Account and click on "Change
Account Details" on the left hand side. Is there anything listed in "Value
of Investments -> Estimated Amount" or "Opening Balance?

-Gary


"David R Emerson" <demerson@hpsj.com> wrote in message
news:452bb399.0407151636.5dee0d2f@posting.google.com...
Interesting, I didn't realize there was a repair file function.
Unfortunately I tried both the Quick Repair, and the Standard Repair,
but the values are still unequal.

I see a 'Balance an Account' option, when I select the 'Cash
Transactions' tab. I've not performed this operation before, but I'll
probably try it next. It appears to allow you to balance to that of a
statement from the broker.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:<OiaRmUpaEHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> I'm thinking you want to try File|Repair|Quick repair (if that's the right
> menu path) or msmoney -s as the case may be. I don't know that this will
> work, but it's an educated hunch.
>

Michael
Fri Jul 16 12:06:07 CDT 2004

Do you download data for this account? It sounds as if you have a bogus
hidden transaction (in the amount of $150).
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=044401c3c7f4%24f379cfa0%24a001280a%40phx.gbl&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fselm%3D044401c3c7f4%2524f379cfa0%2524a001280a%2540phx.gbl
may help

--
Michael Gordon
MVP
"David R Emerson" <demerson@hpsj.com> wrote in message
news:452bb399.0407150941.6633bda9@posting.google.com...
> Greetings,
>
> In Money 2004, I have a Roth Ira. I regularly make cash
> contributions to this account from checking, which normally show up in
> Cash Transactions tab of the investment account. I electronically
> sync with both my bank (checking) and my broker (Ira).
>
> Somewhere along the line one of these transactions got jacked up.
> Now for example, in Cash Transactions i see a balance of $150.36,
> however, in the "Your Portfolio : Holdings View" I see a
> "Contributions" balance of $300.36. Additionally, whenever I view any
> graph of assets, "Associated Cash" is consistantly $150 higher than
> the correct value displayed on the "Cash Transactions" tab for the
> account.
>
> If I add or remove $$$ in Cash Transactions, "Contributions" and
> "Associated Cash" on graphs move accordingly, but remain $150 off. So
> the obvious questions are how did this happen? Why are they
> different? And, how can I reconcile these two values?
>
> Thanks
> David