Hi Ross,
Some financial institutions (e.g., Vanguard) insist on treating Money Market
Funds as mutual funds (with a NAV of $1.00) and download the info
accordingly. Other institutions (e.g, Schwab) usually treat MMFs as cash (in
the cash side of an investment account) and therefore ignore buys and sells
of the MMF (but sometimes they download the buys and sells). Still others
(e.g., Merrill Lynch) seem to do both -- ignore the buys and sells of the
MMF in some accounts and download them in others.

Bottom line: figure out how Fidelity handles MMFs for downloading -- do a
search here for Fidelity; the issue comes up with some regularity.

Hope this helps.

--
Michael Gordon
MVP


"Ross" <Ross[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Michael,

I think I found a big part of the problem, though it doesn’t account for all
of the error. I have my investment account with Fidelity Investments. I
have 6 positions in mutual funds, all of which Money is tracking accurately.
However, I keep some reserve cash in the account. It is held in FTEXX
(Fidelity Municipal Money Market Fund) or FDRXX (Fidelity Cash Reserves). MS
Money does not seem to recognize either of these funds. It simply ignores
that they exist. MS Money successfully updates account balances except for
these two funds.

Any ideas how to get MS Money to start tracking these funds thru automatic
updates, or will I have to manually update?

Thanks,
Ross



"Michael Gordon, MVP" wrote:

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There were some very clumsy workarounds -- upgrading to 05 did two things:
it eliminated the phantom transaction and prevented it from happening again.
If you want more on the clumsy workarounds, let us know.

--
Michael Gordon
MVP


"Ross" <Ross[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the help, this is driving me nuts.

I'm using 2004. If it was a bug, is there a patch I can pick up?

I'd be happy to try a patch, but I just recently stumbled on a screen that
showed the "bank balance" in one column, and "MS Money balance" in the other.
Unfortunatly I can't seem to find that screen again (I'll keep trying).
What I'm trying to say is that it seemed like Money was doing this on
purpose, I just don't know why. I suspect it's a config, option, or
preference I need to set.



"Michael Gordon, MVP" wrote:

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What version of Money, Ross? There was a problem with phantom transactions
that came up in 2004 and was resolved in 2005.

--
Michael Gordon
MVP


"Ross" <Ross[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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My investment account balances in money don't match what my investment
company says the balances are. I update online, so everything is current. I
stumbled on a page in MS Money that showed both the correct balance and the
incorrect balance, but now I can't find that page again. I think the problem
is some display option in MS Money I don't know about, and need to set so
that the proper balance is displayed.