Define a New Cash account

[Glenn Hall]

Dear Mark,

I am having difficulty with defining a “New” Cash account and having it retrieve all of the transactions and reinvested dividends.

As of 11/01/07, Ameritrade Institutional changed their money market account. The previous account info was downloaded in to an account that I had named Money Market / Symbol: ZZZ00 / Type: Cash / Account Number: xxxxxxxxx / Cusip: 9ZZZZZ001. This account was included as an individual investment in a portfolio.

The old account zero balanced out as it was closed. I went into Investment Properties / Internet Retrieve / Money Market (ZZZ00) and unchecked Retrieve Price. This does stop that account from any further retrieving of prices / transactions.

I attempted to retrieve and update transactions as of the new cash account date of 11/01/07 which does not present me with an option of declaring a new cash account for the Money Market account.

I then created a new investment, Named: Tdam Mm / Symbol: ZTD82 / Type: Cash / Account Number: xxxxxxxxx / Cusip 9ZZZTD828. This account is included as an individual investment in a portfolio. It retrieves only the dividends that paid in the account but not the transactions.

If I start from scratch with creating a brand new portfolio for that account, separate from the existing ones, and retrieve the account transactions it will retrieve all and give me an option of declaring a cash account. It will retrieve transactions and dividends in that money market cash account.

What am I missing in utilizing my existing portfolio to accomplish the switching from the old Money Market account to the new Money Market account?

Glenn Hall
Personal 8.9
Quote Module 390
Transaction Module 127

[Mark]

Hi Glenn,

It sounds like you are just needing to change the "default cash account" assignment under that portfolio's properties. Right mouse click on that sub-portfolio in the Portfolio Editor, and choose "Properties...". You will see here you can change the default cash account from your old Money Market to the new investment you created (Tdam Mm).

BTW, un-checking the "Investment Properties / Internet Retrieve / Retrieve Price" option only affects price retrieval. When you retrieve prices, this investment won't be updated. It does not affect transaction downloads.