<topic sku="core" tNum="226268" author="sallyh" xmlns="x-schema:hhTopicSchema.xml"><index><title>Verify investment purchase price</title><category>investing</category><klink type="prcdr">How do I verify an investment purchase price?</klink></index>
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<p>When you purchase an investment, you can enter just the quantity and total cost of the investment and Money will calculate the price per share.</p>
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<li>On the <emph>Investing</emph> menu, click <emph>Portfolio</emph>.</li>
<li>Click the investment with the transaction you want to verify.</li>
<li>Select the transaction, and then click <emph>Edit</emph>.</li>
<li>In the <emph>Edit Transaction</emph> dialog box, be sure you have correctly entered the quantity and commission, and either the price or the total.</li>
<li>Check to see that the calculated field (price or total) is correct.</li>