I am not sure but I think this behavior started when I upgraded to Q 11.
When I download broker transactions, the "Download Historical Prices" brings up a long list of stock splits that it claims "may be missing". In every case it is simply a matter of dates. For instance historical download thinks the split happened on 7/13 when the downloaded transaction from the broker is dated 7/18 - obviously because of the usual 5 day delay.
Should I accept these changes or ignore them as I have so far? What do the experts suggest is best?
(Another option might be to turn off downloading historical prices).
Nah. I've had date-of-split problems for many years. But not recently; none of my stocks have split in the past few years.
Download Historical Prices is very useful, but it should not be needed often. Just once should get us up to date, then normal maintenance should keep us that way. Even upgrading to next year's Quicken should happen smoothly without disturbing our price history.
But the problems I've had have been in pinning down the exact date of the split. Obviously, each split happened just once, so delete the duplicate - when you figure out which one is the dupe. But even if you delete the wrong one, it should not matter once the dust settles. In your example, that would be from 7/13 to 7/18; by 7/19 the figures should be correct. Your graph of total value might show a big spike (same price for double shares) or valley (same shares at half price), but then recover nicely.
I don't know about "the experts". ;^}
As I said, this should be a one-time exercise, or done only after some trauma has wiped out your historical prices database.
You're welcome, Jeff.
RC
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I think when I upgraded to Q11, it either turned historical price downloads on or I unknowingly did it myself. I really do not need it and will turn it off.
I realize that now. Did not use it in the past. See prior remark.
Because I did not accept the historical prices changes, I do not have dups.
But I too have had the problem with my FI dating of the splits. It can affect the balances if a purchase or sale date occurs before or after the split date occasionally resulting in a placeholder. Not a major problem once I learned what to look for.
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