In microsoft.public.money, BocaBoy wrote:

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What I suspect you have done is to create a second version, with a
new name, of the first security. What you should have done is to
enter a Buy of the *same* security originally. What you could do at
this point is to go to the details of your second version, and click
CombineWith to combine it with the first one -- the one with the
symbol.

Be prepared to File-> Restore a backup if you don't like the result.


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But only one can update itself automatically. The other(s) have to be done
manually.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, BocaBoy wrote:

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Same ticker means same security. Any number of accounts can contain
that security.

You can choose the security, but as soon as you try and enter the ticker
symbol, you get an error that it already exists. Of course it does, in
another brokerage account. The only way to have the price updated is to do it
manually.

I'm a bit baffled at the limitation. I understand that occasionally there
are inadvertently duplicate accounts in Money, but if you've been around for
awhile and worked at several jobs, there is a good chance that you have more
than one brokerage account with some of the same investments. You should be
able to automate the update process with having the ticker symbol twice.

For the record, Support confirms this limitation. You can't have the same
ticker symbol in two separate accounts. It can only appear and be updated in
one.

In microsoft.public.money, BocaBoy wrote:

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You got a message that a symbol is already in use? Create a
security only once. Thereafter choose it from the drop-down list.

Kevin, it doesn't have anything to do with the naming convention. I've tried
what you suggested, but Money won't create two accounts from the same
brokerage. As you can see from my response to Steve in this same string, you
can't have the same stock ticker in two separate accounts either. Seems
stupid to me, but I guess the Money development team is too stubborn to
change it.

Steve, this doesn't have anything to do with the brokerage. Money won't let
me create the account more than once at the same brokerage. The same is true
if you own the same stock in two separate accounts. You can only enter the
stock once, in one account. When you go to try and enter the ticker the
second time, Money returns an error that it already exists.

File > New > New Account > follow the prompts
Make sure your naming each account with a seperate name. For example
Broker-name (me alone), Broker-name (wife) and Broker-name (joint) when your
setting them up.
-Kevin

"BocaBoy" <BocaBoy[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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BocaBoy | 12/20/2008 | 8:22:01 AM wrote:

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Call the IT support people at your brokerage. They've without doubt
helped people with this issue before.

I use Ameriprise. When I first started there, I had to have them enable
each person's group of accounts separately for Money access.

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

I have three accounts at one broker, all under separate account numbers. How
can I force Money to open multiple accounts from the same brokerage?

Me alone
Wife alone
Joint

Each time I try to do this, it gives me an error message that the account
already exists.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!