> -----Original Message-----
> Sounds like a Vanguard data problem, not a Money problem.
Once again:
> manually entering transactions avoids problems with the
lousy transaction
> data financial institutions provide.
> "Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in
message
> news:qg1fhvont4vu8pa993pbnndkf3dkmcqkbg[at]4ax.com...
> > FYI, it is a quirk of Vanguard that when you download,
each fund is
> > in it's own Money account. So it is the Vanguard
paradigm as opposed
> > to the more familiar/normal way.
> > > Of course, not downloading, you can stick to the
regular paradigm.
> .

> FYI, it is a quirk of Vanguard that when you download, each fund is
> in it's own Money account. So it is the Vanguard paradigm as opposed
> to the more familiar/normal way.
> Of course, not downloading, you can stick to the regular paradigm.

> Thanks first for responding. YOu and the other person are
> most likely right about terminology misunderstandings --
> on my part. I do treat each fund in an investment account
> (like Vanguard) as a seperate account to store data.
> Maybe my mistake. I might try another post with more
> examples of my philosphy to see if I am way off base.
> Thanks again for your rapid response.

> -----Original Message-----
> I was doing fine understanding your issue until you
said "6 accounts (funds)
> under these 4 portfolio's, only this one fund places its
data in the wrong
> place. There must be a fund that has been deleted, stored
somewhere with the
> wrong account information in it but I can't seem to
figure out how to find
> old accounts/funds to get it removed."
> Money does not download data for Investments (a mutual
fund is an Investment
> not an Account)--it downloads transaction data for an
Investment Account,
> which may include data about transactions for one or many
Investments. Money
> lets you create a series of Investment Accounts to hold
Investments and
> store transactions information about Investments and cash
movements. Money
> calls the whole collection of these a portfolio but
stores no information
> about anything called a portfolio. It is very helpful to
use terminology
> consistent with the way Money uses it.
> If your problem is that all transaction data for one
account--"IRA -
> J"--downloads into another account--"IRA - B", then you
need to make sure
> the account information for these accounts is setup
correctly. Personally, I
> don't download transaction data--too much hassle compared
to just entering
> it myself--so I can't tell you exactly how/where to check
what.
> If your problem is, as stated, that all transaction data
for one
> account--"IRA - J"--downloads into the correct account
except for the
> transactions for "IRA - J" transactions in "Fund Z" (or
whatever), which
> downloads into another account--"IRA - B", then I'm
stumped. That really
> might be a better question for the financial institution
sending you the
> data.
> "bob bad" <rmebbad[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:04cf01c34b45$016f8be0$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > I seem to be stuck in Portfolio nightmare. I have
created
> > 4 seperate portfolio accounts as IRA Roth - B, IRA
Roth -
> > J, IRA - B and IRA - J. When I donwload the data from
my
> > mutual fund provider, one of 6 accounts wants to contnue
> > to drop its data into IRA - B when in fact in should be
> > dropping into IRA - J. Out of 6 accounts (funds) under
> > these 4 portfolio's, only this one fund places its data
in
> > the wrong place. There must be a fund that has been
> > deleted, stored somehwere with the wrong account
> > information in it but I can't seem to figure out how to
> > find old accounts/funds to get it removed. Any ideas on
> > how to deal with Money portfolios? TH emanual does not
go
> > into this much detail that I can find -- it is quite
> > basic. Money seems to like to hide details or deleted
> > accounts even though they are in permanent storage
> > somewhere. Hope someone can help. Thanks
> .