The update feature in Quicken to get stock and mutual fund updates seems to be getting worse everyday. What is the problem? Maybe Microsoft Money would be a better alternative. I have been a Quicken user since 1995 and all I have seen is a deterioration of their product and services.
I'm afraid you can read the same complaints from Money users. As a Money user, I have several stock quotes that update only sporadically. "What's the problem?" Imo, both programs try to do too much. They promise a lot . . . . . for not very much money. Numerous bugs are the result. Both companies know that most people are unwilling to pay what it costs to deliver a high quality program. Both have adopted a business model that pushes frequent product updates that often introduce more bugs than improvements.
In Money's case, the 2007 version is probably the best since 2003-04, i.e., they cleaned up some of the numerous bugs in the previous 2 versions, although a recent poster on the Money board, who switched from Q to M2007, thought it was too buggy for him. So, beware!
2005 was not a good year for Money. 2007 introduces little that's new, but fixes a lot that was bad in previous versions, or so I'm told. So far, I've stuck with 2004, but will likely switch to a Mac soon, although I understand that Quicken Mac doesn't compare well with the pc version.
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