Downloading broker statements with Direct Connect. ... comments and questions

Still some questions in my mind, but it's pretty much working.

Downloading broker statements with Direct Connect. Some transactions at the bottom show as Match. Fine. Matches existing transactions.

Now some that say New. I find no choice except to Accept or Finish Later. OK... I now see I can Delete. No choice to void, or modify the transaction as it comes in. I don't see how to add or modify a memo without first accepting. Am I missing something, or is that the way it is?

The extra new transactions came in as ReinvDiv while they were separate DivX and BoughtX in existing transactions. So I decided that deleting the ReinvDivX.

What is the difference between a Div and a DivX, and etc vs etcX transaction?

It wanted to add shares for the money market. I un-checked letting that happen. I would expect the money market balance to be represented in the associated cash/contributions account. If there are not BoughtX and SoldX (or equivalent) transactions downloaded for the money market, it would be foolish to have Quicken try to track the money market balance. Otherwise the cash account and the money market holding values would be duplicated. So it may be that I will just have to keep unchecking the offer to update the money market holdings.

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Targ
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Hi, Targ.

The "X" signifies that Cash is transferred into or out of the account in whose Register we are making the entry.

In prior Quicken versions, we were offered a choice between Div and DivX. In Q2010, we just select "Inc - Income (Div, Int, etc.)". IF the cash does not stay in the broker account, we select its destination from the drop-down list in the Transfer account box. If the dividend stays in the broker account, just leave that Transfer account box empty.

Use similar steps for securities in the broker account with cash from your checking account, for example.

Yes. So long as the money market fund shares are worth $1, there's little if any benefit to tracking those shares separately as other than Cash.

RC

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R. C. White

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