In microsoft.public.money, skid0g[at]juno.com wrote:

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Also, uncheck SeeADifferentView-> ShowClosedPositions to cause the
Gain column to not take closed lots into account.

From MS Money:

gain/loss (The profit or loss on a given security or portfolio
expressed in dollars. This is calculated as market value minus cost
basis.)

For my bond fund, the shown gain is $649.04;

however, the market value minus cost basis (as shown) is only 70.65.

I entered all the transactions in the register, nothing was
downloaded.

The dividends add up to 519.69


On my other funds, the difference between market value and cost basis
is the gain;

It seems i'm not understanding how dividends are handled; I'll do more
research.

Sorry, I meant that the reason there are several buys is becuase a
portion of my paycheck goes to make teh buys. I then enter them based
on statements or the history online.

Yes, I sell this fund, to purchase another in my 401K




On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:05:20 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, skid0g[at]juno.com wrote:

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I am confused. Buys are automatic?

You sell "it" to a fund?


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The register only shows the entries I made; mostly buys and sells, its
in a 401K and the buys are automatic and then i sell it to another
fund. The register only has the two dividends i entered and they
don't add up to the amount shown in the gain


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:28:02 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, skid0g[at]juno.com wrote:

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Money 2005 and 2006 can enter future dividends for you when you get
quotes, if you allow it. For me, it asks each time if I want to
accept those dividends for inclusion in the register. The date of
those entries is estimated by Money, and it may not correspond with
when the Money is paid to your account by your broker. Look at the
transaction history for the security in question. Do you show
dividends entered?

If not, are there any other transactions for that security in your
account other than Buy?

I did not download the information; I entered it manually. There are
no dividends in the amount, that's true, but how would Money 'know'
about the dividends unless I entered it?

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:15:32 -0600, via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx(Cal
Learner-- MVP) wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, skid0g[at]juno.com wrote:

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Dividends.

You can configure the Price Appreciation column into your Money 2006
portfolio view if you want a number that does not include dividends.

I probably did the math wrong; I'm puzzled about Gain

One of my funds has a Market Value of: 3487.90
This same fund shows a Cost Basis of: 3388.55

The Gain shows as: 649.04

The rest of the funds seem all right. What did i do wrong?