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How to reconcile transfer to investment account user_google 04-11-2006
Posted by user_google on April 11, 2006, 11:37 pm
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I just opened two investment accounts. Downloaded quiken data from the
their website and it showed up correctly in the quiken. I used my
checking account to open the investment accounts. I did this online so
no checks issued. The transaction appeared in my checking account when
i downloaded statement. The payee was blank. So i selected Transfer to
my new investment account. This created another entry in my investment
account. My balances now show up fine after several attempts of
editing/deleting the entries both in investment and checking. But my
"TRANSFERS" section in my monthly income/expense shows this amount in
negative. Not sure what made this to appear.

I am fine recreating the investment account from scratch. But not sure
what are the steps involved so that the entries are correctly
reconciled. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
RT


Posted by MikeB on April 12, 2006, 11:19 am
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user_google@hotmail.com wrote:
> I just opened two investment accounts. Downloaded quiken data from the
> their website and it showed up correctly in the quiken. I used my
> checking account to open the investment accounts. I did this online so
> no checks issued. The transaction appeared in my checking account when
> i downloaded statement. The payee was blank. So i selected Transfer to
> my new investment account. This created another entry in my investment
> account. My balances now show up fine after several attempts of
> editing/deleting the entries both in investment and checking. But my
> "TRANSFERS" section in my monthly income/expense shows this amount in
> negative. Not sure what made this to appear.
>
> I am fine recreating the investment account from scratch. But not sure
> what are the steps involved so that the entries are correctly
> reconciled. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>

either of the following should work.

A. Show a transfer of the opening cash from the checking account to the
investment account. Show a Buy for the amount transferred and the
number of units purchased. Resulting cash balance should be zero.

B. Show a BoughtX (Buy with the cash coming from another account). Same
net effect.


Posted by user_google on April 12, 2006, 9:35 pm
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Mike,

I performed the method B. It worked great! Thanks for your help.

But when i generate expense/income report for the period covering the
transfer, i get a negative balance for the cash i transferred to the
investment account. Any idea what is going on?

Thanks
RT


Posted by CWGilley on April 13, 2006, 6:25 am
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IMHO Q views the transfer as an expense (from your checking account) and
income into the investment account. Customize the report to not display
transfers and I think you should see the data you're looking for.

God luck with Q

--

Clayton
30d 28' 51" N
92d 50' 30" W


Mike,

I performed the method B. It worked great! Thanks for your help.

But when i generate expense/income report for the period covering the
transfer, i get a negative balance for the cash i transferred to the
investment account. Any idea what is going on?

Thanks
RT



Posted by ifrtuser on April 14, 2006, 3:24 pm
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worked like charm. Thanks for your help!


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