Missing Investment Names

I have the same stock in two accounts listed with the same symbol but with
slightly different names by each broker. When updating from the brokerage
sites the Investment Verification pop-up window asks if this investment is
already in the portfolio with a different name. It is, but the pull-down list
does not show the name I use for this security or the names of other current
investments I hold in the portfolio. Is there a way to update the contents of
the investment names list? I have removed the positions and reentered them
but the names never appear in the list.

Cal
Mon Feb 13 15:43:14 CST 2006

In microsoft.public.money, "Peter O" <Peter
O@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have the same stock in two accounts listed with the same symbol but with
>slightly different names by each broker. When updating from the brokerage
>sites the Investment Verification pop-up window asks if this investment is
>already in the portfolio with a different name. It is, but the pull-down list
>does not show the name I use for this security or the names of other current
>investments I hold in the portfolio. Is there a way to update the contents of
>the investment names list? I have removed the positions and reentered them
>but the names never appear in the list.

This sounds as if the broker download considers this a stock and you
have it entered as something else... or the broker considers it a
fund and you called it a bond... or some such difference.

When you are presented with the list where Money if it is the same
as some security that you already hold, can you tell from the list
what Money is looking for?

Also, Money does not allow two stocks/funds to have the same symbol.
A security can exist in more than one account, but it is considered
the same security.

Peter
Mon Feb 13 18:43:27 CST 2006

Right on the Money, so to speak. One brokerage reports this closed-end fund
as a mutual fund, the other as a stock. Thus, one drop-down list shows
stocks, the other funds. I have decided to go with the stock classification
so one account will now update automatically. I guess I will have to update
the other entry's prices and data manually unless there is some way of
tricking the program into handling a mutual fund as a stock. Thanks for your
insight, Cal.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

> In microsoft.public.money, "Peter O" <Peter
> O@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have the same stock in two accounts listed with the same symbol but with
> >slightly different names by each broker. When updating from the brokerage
> >sites the Investment Verification pop-up window asks if this investment is
> >already in the portfolio with a different name. It is, but the pull-down list
> >does not show the name I use for this security or the names of other current
> >investments I hold in the portfolio. Is there a way to update the contents of
> >the investment names list? I have removed the positions and reentered them
> >but the names never appear in the list.
>
> This sounds as if the broker download considers this a stock and you
> have it entered as something else... or the broker considers it a
> fund and you called it a bond... or some such difference.
>
> When you are presented with the list where Money if it is the same
> as some security that you already hold, can you tell from the list
> what Money is looking for?
>
> Also, Money does not allow two stocks/funds to have the same symbol.
> A security can exist in more than one account, but it is considered
> the same security.
>

Marilyn
Mon Feb 13 21:28:47 CST 2006


"Peter O" <Peter O@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A556F3B1-2B5C-4A6F-9032-3A4DDAE5629D@microsoft.com...
> Right on the Money, so to speak. One brokerage reports this closed-end
> fund
> as a mutual fund, the other as a stock. Thus, one drop-down list shows
> stocks, the other funds. I have decided to go with the stock
> classification
> so one account will now update automatically. I guess I will have to
> update
> the other entry's prices and data manually unless there is some way of
> tricking the program into handling a mutual fund as a stock.

You can, but it's probably not worth it. You can force the download to go
into a savable ofx file. You can then manually edit the ofx file to use the
coding for a stock instead of a mutual fund. It involves changing 3 or 4
lines of code (changing <MFTYPE> to <STOCKTYPE> and adding "<ASSETCLASS>
Other". Then you can save the ofx file and import it into Money. Possible,
but probably more work than the manual entry of the data.
--
Peace,
BobJ





Thanks for your
> insight, Cal.
>
> "Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:
>
>> In microsoft.public.money, "Peter O" <Peter
>> O@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have the same stock in two accounts listed with the same symbol but
>> >with
>> >slightly different names by each broker. When updating from the
>> >brokerage
>> >sites the Investment Verification pop-up window asks if this investment
>> >is
>> >already in the portfolio with a different name. It is, but the pull-down
>> >list
>> >does not show the name I use for this security or the names of other
>> >current
>> >investments I hold in the portfolio. Is there a way to update the
>> >contents of
>> >the investment names list? I have removed the positions and reentered
>> >them
>> >but the names never appear in the list.
>>
>> This sounds as if the broker download considers this a stock and you
>> have it entered as something else... or the broker considers it a
>> fund and you called it a bond... or some such difference.
>>
>> When you are presented with the list where Money if it is the same
>> as some security that you already hold, can you tell from the list
>> what Money is looking for?
>>
>> Also, Money does not allow two stocks/funds to have the same symbol.
>> A security can exist in more than one account, but it is considered
>> the same security.
>>