Once you've created your investment accounts, you're ready to enter your individual investment holdings in Money.
1 On the
navigation bar (The strip at the top of the Money screen where you can click to go to the different areas in Money.), click
Accounts.
2 At the top of the left pane, click the down-arrow
, and then click the account you want.
If you don't see the account you want, look for it under Other Open Accounts or Closed Accounts.
2 Click New to enter a new transaction. If you've already entered the investment, select it from the Investment field. If this is a new investment, type the name of the stock, bond, mutual fund, and so on in the Investment field. The Create New Investment wizard appears and takes you through the steps of creating a new investment.
3 Have your purchase records handy, if you have them.
- If you have your purchase records Enter a separate buy transaction for each lot (A block of stock or mutual fund shares purchased at the same time. For example, if you purchase 100 shares of Litware, Inc. on January 10, and 50 shares of Litware, Inc. on January 11, you would own two lots of Litware, Inc. When securities are sold, Money will assume a FIFO (First In, First Out) sale flow. Therefore, if you later sold 50 shares of Litware, Inc., Money will assume half the first lot has been sold.). For example, if you purchased 100 shares of XYZ stock (Shares of ownership in a corporationÆs earnings, assets, and liabilities. Stockholders may receive dividends and can generally sell their shares at any time.) in January and 200 shares of the same stock in March, enter two buy transactions with separate purchase prices and dates.
- If you don't have your purchase records In the Investment field, enter the name of the investment, and in the Activity field, choose Add Shares. Enter the quantity of shares you own and the price at which you acquired the shares (if you know it). This records your current position in that investment.
4 Enter a transaction for each investment purchase, following these guidelines:
- Date Enter the date you purchased the investment.
- Investment Enter the name of the investment.
- Activity Enter Buy, Add Shares, or Sell.
- Quantity Enter the number of shares you bought or sold.
- Price Enter the per-share price of the investment.
- Commission Enter the amount your broker charged to make the purchase.
- Total Leave this blank. Money calculates the total automatically.
- Transfer from Enter the account the purchase money came from, usually the associated cash account. If you don't want any other accounts to be debited for this purchase, delete the text in this field and leave it blank.
- Memo Enter any additional information about the transaction you want to add.
Once all your portfolio records are entered, the Total Portfolio Value listed in the Investment Portfolio should match what you have on your statements.
Important
Generally, itÆs better to record a buy transaction and enter the actual purchase price rather than to use Add Shares. Your tax information and reports will be more accurate. When you add shares, the cost basis for those shares is $0.00. If the price is $100/share, then you will see a $100 gain in your portfolio for each share you own and a 100% gain in investment value, which represents higher than actual growth.
How do I update my investment holdings?
How do I enter an investment purchase or sale?
How do I enter interest received, dividends, or capital gains distributions?
How do I verify my investment records with a statement?
How do I add shares?
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Play the Enter investment transactions video.
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