Zero price for new investment

[senior]

Hi,

I didn't find a way to solve the following:


I owned a bond that was repaid completely some days ago including interest for
2012. Interest for the first 7 months of 2013 is still open and shall be paid in
one year from now. Former bondholders received a certificate free of charge
granting payment of the outstanding 2013 interest.
How do I enter this certificate as an investment into FM when it cost me nothing?
When creating a new investment FM does not accept a zero price. The Bond is no
longer existing and the investment has been closed.

Greetings,
Peter Petula

[Mark]

Hi Peter,

You can use the "New Investment..." dialog to create the investment, but just leave the price at 1 and shares at 0. Once you have the investment created, you can use the "Buy/Sell..." dialog to buy some shares at a cost of 0. I would suggest keeping the price fixed at 1, and just treat it like a cash investment, but your purchase could be at 0 for the appropriate number of shares.

[senior]

Hi Mark,

many thanks for your help, that is a very fine solution for my problem.

Greetings from hot Austria (40,3°C / 104,5°F)

sweating Peter