Re: Transfer of Assets - Part II - Data files

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In Reply to: Transfer of Assets - Part II - Data files posted by Steve on July 01, 2005 at 06:16:02:

: I have just completed transfering 17 MF between Scottrade & Fidelity. The data files associated with the original brokerage, scottrade, are now closed and these files are created anew within fidelity.

: Question: Is there a way to use the scottrade data files for the new fidelity ones? The old scottrade files have years of accumulated financial data, dividend, reinvestments, purchases, prices, etc., that are lost upon the completion of restaring in fidelity. The data files are named exactly the same between accounts, only the older one has more relevant financial data connected to them....

Hi Steve,

If you just transferred the holdings and the transaction history is
still relevant, you should just copy or move the investment files,
rather than creating new investments. Investments are stored as *.dat
files, and you can either make a copy of them using Windows Explorer, or
you can use Fund Manager to do a "File / Save Investment As...". You
can make use of the Portfolio Editor to move around your investment
files between sub-portfolios.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003

Replies:

• Re: Transfer of Assets - Part II - Data files Steve 04:21:48 07/02/05 (1)
  • Re: Transfer of Assets - Part II - Data files Mark 12:09:54 07/02/05 (0)