[moneydance] Recording interest on cash in an investment portfolio

[Fuzzy Fox]

Gordon Alley <gordon at gordonalley.com> wrote:
>
> By experimenting, I found that I can use Xfr in the Action field,
> which will leave the Security field blank, and I can enter an Interest
> Income category in the Transfer field.  I was somewhat surprised that
> it allowed a category in the Transfer field, since the description for
> Xfr in the Action field popup explicitly says that Xfr is used to
> transfer funds to/from another ACCOUNT.

In Moneydance parlance, categories are just another form of account
(since they have a register and will tally information, etc).  So a
transfer from an Income Account is a valid operation, and should be what
you use to model the earning of interest on unused cash in your
investment account.

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