Quotes, Asset classes, headlines and alerts

Posted by <Jeff on May 7, 2009, 3:08 pm

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In Quicken desktop 2008 Deluxe, when I do a one step update one of the
options is to download "Quotes, Asset classes, headlines and alerts". I have
usually selected this for some time but am not sure that is wise.

1. If I elect to *not* select this option won't I still have a decent price
history from my broker's downloads?
2. Since I think this is really swelling my file sizes, is there a way to
get rid of what it has downloaded previously?

Jeff

Posted by John Pollard on May 10, 2009, 8:59 am

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Jeff@unknown.com wrote:

> In Quicken desktop 2008 Deluxe, when I do a one step update one of the

> options is to download "Quotes, Asset classes, headlines and alerts".

> I have usually selected this for some time but am not sure that is

> wise.

> 1. If I elect to *not* select this option won't I still have a decent

> price history from my broker's downloads?

Even if you do get prices this way, you won't get the other
characteristics, like asset classes, headlines, etc. It would be fairly
simple to satisfy yourself about this: just leave the "Quotes ... "
download unchecked for a week or two and see what you get for prices. You
can always have Quicken fill in the blanks with an Historical Price
download, if necessary.

> 2. Since I think this is really swelling my file sizes, is there a

> way to get rid of what it has downloaded previously?

I'm not sure you'll save much by not downloading "Quotes ... "; prices
take up the same amount of room whether they come from Comstock/Iverson or
from your financial institution.

But you can certainly cull your Quicken price history file (and I think
that is the only file whose data comes from Quote downloads, whose size
you can affect).

Security Detail View > (select a security) > Update > Edit price history.

You can select any prices you like, using the same selection methods you
would use to select files in Windows Explorer, then click Delete to delete
them.

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John Pollard

Posted by <Jeff on May 10, 2009, 5:00 pm

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Thanks John.

I did not really know how much additional file size these added. If it is
not a large amount, it does not matter and I will continue downloading them.

Thanks,

Jeff

John Pollard wrote:

> Jeff@unknown.com wrote:

>> In Quicken desktop 2008 Deluxe, when I do a one step update one of

>> the options is to download "Quotes, Asset classes, headlines and

>> alerts". I have usually selected this for some time but am not sure

>> that is wise.

>> 1. If I elect to *not* select this option won't I still have a decent

>> price history from my broker's downloads?

> Even if you do get prices this way, you won't get the other

> characteristics, like asset classes, headlines, etc. It would be

> fairly simple to satisfy yourself about this: just leave the "Quotes

> ... " download unchecked for a week or two and see what you get for

> prices. You can always have Quicken fill in the blanks with an

> Historical Price download, if necessary.

>> 2. Since I think this is really swelling my file sizes, is there a

>> way to get rid of what it has downloaded previously?

> I'm not sure you'll save much by not downloading "Quotes ... "; prices

> take up the same amount of room whether they come from

> Comstock/Iverson or from your financial institution.

> But you can certainly cull your Quicken price history file (and I

> think that is the only file whose data comes from Quote downloads,

> whose size you can affect).

> Security Detail View > (select a security) > Update > Edit price

> history.

> You can select any prices you like, using the same selection methods

> you would use to select files in Windows Explorer, then click Delete

> to delete them.