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market value graph is wrong Phil Schuman 09-11-2006
Posted by Phil Schuman on September 11, 2006, 11:16 pm
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> >
> > message
> >>
> >> message
> >> > running Q2004 and noticed tonight that some of the stocks
> >> > have their market value graphs in Security Detail View are
> >> > way
> > off...
> >> > ie - click on the stock name and Q2004 brings up the
> >> > internal page
> >> > called Security Detail View -
> >> > I can't figure out what's wrong on some of these....
> >> > Some splits are ok, some are not - some newer some older,
> >> > etc...
> >> > The graph is way high compared to the text info on the left
> >> > side.
> >> > any ideas what to look for ?
> >> >
> >> just as a followup - after going thru all the stocks and
> >> looking at
> > each
> >> Detail view,
> >> it seems that the scale is off....
> >> I mean resting the cursor changes to the + on the peaks close
> >> to the
> > grid
> >> lines,
> >> and the value displayed is one entire scale range off.
> >> ie - the + shows $22k, and the horizontal scale grid line
> >> shows $21k ?
> >>
> > ok - this is weird -
> > I took my EA and EMC securities,
> > and experimented with them both again.
> > The experiments had the same results...
> >
> > EMC - single account,
> > and only has 2 entries: the BOT & the split - no Divx
> > recorded.
> >
> > If I edit the split entry for a 1:1 (non-split),
> > the text screen shows 100sh @ $11.68 = $1168
> > and the graph is correct showing $1168 at the far end of the
> > line.
> >
> > If I edit the split entry for the 2:1 split,
> > the text screen shows 200sh @ $11.68 = $2336
> > and the graph now shows $4843 at the far end of the line !!!
> >
> > I can't see any logic that would result in the graph of
> > $4843...
> > Tried with maybe 300sh x ?? or other various error combos,
> > but can't see the logic of what might be happening.
> > This is very weird -
>
> Why don't you try deleting the original transaction and
> re-entering it?
>
ok - just tried that -
deleted both the original BOT and the Split - for EMC -
then did the "Enter Transactions" - one at a time.
Well.... no change !
The 200 shares after the split still show $4800 on the graph
vs the $2300 on the market value !
hmmm - maybe I'll try playing with the transaction dates,
and see if there is some window that has some internal glitch/problem.
else - I give up :(



Posted by John Pollard on September 11, 2006, 11:23 pm
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> ok - just tried that -
> deleted both the original BOT and the Split - for EMC -
> then did the "Enter Transactions" - one at a time.
> Well.... no change !
> The 200 shares after the split still show $4800 on the graph
> vs the $2300 on the market value !
> hmmm - maybe I'll try playing with the transaction dates,
> and see if there is some window that has some internal
> glitch/problem.
> else - I give up :(

One other thought.

Rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your Quicken data),
run Quicken, download historical prices. Then see if the
results are different.

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Posted by Phil Schuman on September 11, 2006, 11:52 pm
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>
> > ok - just tried that -
> > deleted both the original BOT and the Split - for EMC -
> > then did the "Enter Transactions" - one at a time.
> > Well.... no change !
> > The 200 shares after the split still show $4800 on the graph
> > vs the $2300 on the market value !
> > hmmm - maybe I'll try playing with the transaction dates,
> > and see if there is some window that has some internal
> > glitch/problem.
> > else - I give up :(
>
> One other thought.
>
> Rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your Quicken data),
> run Quicken, download historical prices. Then see if the
> results are different.
>
ok - I'll try anything....
but it's not the peaks and valleys that are wrong,
but rather the basic numerical values.

So - even if the prices were weird -
I looked at the historical and they seemed ok -

I think I'll try and print the graph of the price history,
and then print the graph of the market value.
For the past couple of years,
they should be the same peaks and valleys - just different numbers.



Posted by Phil Schuman on September 12, 2006, 6:26 am
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> One other thought.
>
> Rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your Quicken data), run
> Quicken, download historical prices. Then see if the results are
> different.
>
I tried it with a test copy, and it seemed to clear up at least EMC.
Also - had several mis-matched splits that popped up.
So, not sure if the QPH file itself, or the updating of splits fixes things.
I'll try it again tomorrow in a more methodical manner.



Posted by Phil Schuman on September 12, 2006, 12:36 pm
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>
> > One other thought.
> >
> > Rename QDATA.QPH (where QDATA is the name of your Quicken data), run
> > Quicken, download historical prices. Then see if the results are
> > different.
> >
> I tried it with a test copy, and it seemed to clear up at least EMC.
> Also - had several mis-matched splits that popped up.
> So, not sure if the QPH file itself, or the updating of splits fixes
things.
> I'll try it again tomorrow in a more methodical manner.
>
well John - we're getting close :)
Renaming QPH and re-downloading historical prices
appears to have fixed 7 stocks
that had weird graph values compared to their market values.
But - 5 stocks still have weird graphs.... all high flyers with old
splits
ERTS, MSFT, QCOM, SBUX, and YHOO
Any other shots in the dark for this last band of rebels ?
I don't really need it fixed,
as I just look at the graphs for trends vs their actual numbers,
but it's just the principle...



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