[moneydance] divreinvest screws up cash balance in 528

[Scott Zahn]

Yeah!  That's *exactly* what I'm having with my DivReinvests!  I thought 
it was me and was pouring over my Vanguard statements trying to see what I 
did wrong.  It's not just a Vanguard thing, is it?  I mean, a DivReinvest 
is a DivReinvest, right?

On Tue, 16 May 2006, Randall Pierce wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:58:32 -0400
> From: Randall Pierce <zrepmd at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: General discussion related to Moneydance
>     <moneydance-info at moneydance.com>
> To: 'General discussion related to Moneydance'
>     <moneydance-info at moneydance.com>
> Subject: Re: [moneydance] divreinvest screws up cash balance in 528
> 
> Scott,
> See my post below; unfortunately no feedback from anyone concerning whether
> we are doing something wrong (;>)) or whether this is a bug (likely). I have
> emailed MD support but no reply yet.
>
> Randy
> Carrollton
>
> 	>I have seen a number of posts about this, but most seem to relate
> to misunderstanding about cash accounting in investment 	>accounts.
> The problem I am having is simple:
> 	>When I download a dividend reinvestment (from Vanguard), all fields
> populate normally to the eye, but the math is as 	>	>follows-
> 	>(DIV - (Shares Purchased * Share Price)) - Fee which always leaves
> me with a negative remainder after the transaction, 	>rather than
> 	>(DIV - Fee) - (Shares * Price), which leaves the account balance
> the same (0) but adjusts for the new shares purchased.
> 	>Am I doing something wrong? My search of posts here, general forum,
> and Trac showed no similar posts.
>
> 	>Randy
> 	>Carrollton, GA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moneydance-info-bounces at moneydance.com
> [mailto:moneydance-info-bounces at moneydance.com] On Behalf Of Scott Zahn
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:46 PM
> To: moneydance-info at moneydance.com
> Subject: [moneydance] divreinvest screws up cash balance in 528
>
>
> Has anyone else had this?  I had an account in 526 with a balance of
> $0.00.  In 528, it didn't count the fee as part of the dividend in my
> divreinvest transaction and so incorrectly adjusted the cash balance.  I
> didn't see this listed in trac, but I wanted to ask around before I
> entered it.
>
> -Scott
>
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