how to record a merger for "mutual funds"?

I am trying to record a recent merger for my mutual fund.
But Money won't let me do it unless it's a stock. Any
solutions? Thanks!

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Tue Nov 25 23:49:37 CST 2003

In microsoft.public.money, <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I am trying to record a recent merger for my mutual fund.
>But Money won't let me do it unless it's a stock. Any
>solutions? Thanks!

If your mutual fund is involved in a tax-free reorganization, or
a merger where you don't originally hold both funds:

1. Do an appropriate split of the fund. You will need to input
the split ratio a ratio of integers (1 ... 65535). Post the ratio
you want to achieve.

2. In the investment details, change the symbol.

3. Change the investment name.

4. Add a brief comment to the investment to explain the change.

Perry
Tue Mar 02 14:08:38 CST 2004

Can someone provide a reduced ratio for a split of 68115 for 58816 shares of
a mutual fund?

Thanks,

Perry

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> In microsoft.public.money, <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to record a recent merger for my mutual fund.
> >But Money won't let me do it unless it's a stock. Any
> >solutions? Thanks!
>
> If your mutual fund is involved in a tax-free reorganization, or
> a merger where you don't originally hold both funds:
>
> 1. Do an appropriate split of the fund. You will need to input
> the split ratio a ratio of integers (1 ... 65535). Post the ratio
> you want to achieve.
>
> 2. In the investment details, change the symbol.
>
> 3. Change the investment name.
>
> 4. Add a brief comment to the investment to explain the change.
>

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Tue Mar 02 15:50:37 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Perry Lentine wrote:

>Can someone provide a reduced ratio for a split of 68115 for 58816 shares of
>a mutual fund?

Split the shares 29234 shares for every 25243 shares
The error factor is 14.6810525620822 parts per million.