In microsoft.public.money, MikeX wrote:

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There are three ways described in the OFX specification for handling
funds swept into a Money Market Fund. Showing the numbers as cash is
one. I suggest that you go along with the method that the download
from the broker uses.

If you can't take that, and if that is how Schwab downloads work,
enter the Buys and Sells of the MMF manually or switch brokers.

I think you will find representing those swept funds as cash is
quite workable. If I were entering transactions by hand, I would do
it that way.

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Wait. Are you saying that the Schwab downloads don't include
*recent* stock or fund buy and sell transactions? That would be a
problem. I don't use Schwab, but if I did, I would check with Schwab
about that. The amount of history downloaded initially varies from
broker to broker, but a month or two is not uncommon.

If you are talking about older transactions, it is best to enter
them by hand from your notes. If that info is in a spreadsheet,
there are ways of getting that info into Money. I suggest you plan
to delete any AddShares transactions, unless you find that putting
your old transactions to be too much work.. Expect new buys and sell
transactions to continue from then on.

I am in the habit of selecting to have Money to not update
positions. Sometimes there can be a delay before position data is
updated even tho the transaction gets downloaded.

First time try to set up a new account from Schwab, which consists of money
market fund and a bunch of stocks and mutual funds.

Question #1 - The money market fund is downloaded as cash. How do I change
it back?

Question #2 - I want to be able to track the portfolio performance so I want
to download transactions in addition to just positions. But I have to "add"
the positions at the end of the transactions. What's the best approach to
start a tracking system?

Thanks in advance.

Mike