How to display register for debugging

How about clicking on the security in question in the Security List? You wind up with a "report" combining data and graphics (market values/ market prices). The data in upper right hand corner is a list of purchases, sales & other transactions (div, etc). The list is sorted by account and date - should the security be held in more than one account. It doesn't matter if you no longer hold the security at the time of the report.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't solve my problem. I need to see all secutities that have ever been held in the IRA register. The IRA does not appear in the Secuties list (control-Y).

"Stubby" wrote

I don't understand why an Investment Transactions report would not provide the information you need. It has no limitation such as you describe.

You would want to make sure that all accounts where the security was held are selected for the report ... including any hidden accounts ("Show hidden accounts").

Same for the securities: if you have hidden securities which you no longer own, you'd need to tell the report to "show hidden securities".

Maybe I did it wrong but the Investment Transactions Report, sorted by security doesn't list anything unless you own the security when the report is done. It's a snapshot of the situation but I want the history as well so I can see "sell X and buy Y and Z". There is another problem, with Vanguard I think, In the midst of renaming some shares to be Admiral shares and renaming the original ones as Investment, I sold some of one of them and apparently I hit it during the change and it created a short position for me! I need to sort that all out.

There is no logic in the Investment Transactions report to specifically exclude lots you no longer own. If you don't see the transactions for securities you no longer own, it's for a different reason ... most likely related to the Customization you choose for the report.

To cover the report customizations that come to mind:

If you are using a "Saved" report (especially one that has gone through one, or more, conversions), try using Reports > Investing > Investing Transactions to create a new report from scratch.

Not sure if you really mean you were truly "renaming" securities to change your holdings from "Investor" to "Admiral" shares. If that's what you were doing, I don't think that's the right approach. Even though it has it's own drawbacks, I think a Corporate Acquisition is a better choice; it can handle the fact that the conversion may not be exactly 1-for-1 (mine wasn't) ... and it should take into account only the lots you own at the time of the "conversion".

If not all your lots should be converted and you use the Corporate Acquisition; I think you'd need to delete the unwanted "Shares added" transactions (the ones for the lots which were not converted), and modify the "Shares removed" transaction, reducing the number to the number of shares actually converted. In my mind, that seems easier.

Ditto to all prior advice. I ran a transaction report on my Ira from earliest to present, with Show hidden securities checked. Saw all the buys and sells. It's easy to miss the problems created by hidden securities.

jo

Thanks, John. I think you solved my problem. --Bill