[moneydance] Recording interest on cash in an investment portfolio

[Gordon Alley]

I can see where that would work. I may give it a try.

But, since MD investment accounts handle cash already, it seems like the
addition of a few bank account features would make the workaround
unnecessary.

-Gordon

On 7/23/07, Ylan Segal <ylan.segal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Gordon Alley wrote:
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> > My investment portfolio accounts include cash that earns interest.
> >
> ...
> > Is this the recommended way to record interest on cash in an
> > investment
> > portfolio?
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> I am not sure what the "recommended" method is, but what I do is
> setup a "Bank" account that holds the cash for each investment
> account that I have. All my security transactions involve a transfer
> from this account (BuyXfr, SellXfr, DivXfr, etx). This allows me to
> record interest for the cash the same way I do for bank accounts,
> record check numbers, etc.
>
> If you download your transactions directly into Moneydance, this
> approach might not work for you.
>
> --
> Ylan Segal
> ylan.segal at gmail.com
> ◂
>


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Gordon B. Alley
http://www.gordonalley.com