In microsoft.public.money, Bob Becnel wrote:

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I did not understand those last two sentences.

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I would handle the loss of value by changing the price for the
stock. Go to the stock details and
UpdatePrices-> UpdatePricesManually.

Hmmm. What I do is post the purchases from the
Contributions accounts on the day of payment (paydays).
The 401(k)s I'm managing with MS Money all have real-time
web access so I can get the actual price I paid for the
investments.

If you only get quarterly statements, and will not use the
401(k) manager, I would just use the add shares activity,
then update prices manually. Of course, you get no cost
basis information using this method, so your ROI is
incorrect.

I have a typical 401k account setup with a corresponding cash account. I
am manually balancing my account at the end of the quarter. In other
words, I'm not using the 401k manager or "balance an account" wizard. In
my investment account, I want to buy x shares of a stock for the quarter,
however the final market value decreased for the account. Normally, a
stock that increased for the quarter would show as a payment in the cash
account. I want to show this as a deposit.

If you use the balance an account wizard, it will somehow place a negative
price so that it shows up as a deposit in the cash account. However, when
I try to do this manually from the investment account, I can't put a
negative value for the price in. I have also tried to create a deposit
from the cash account, and it defaults to a "withdrawl" after I hit enter.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Bob