Bond transaction

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Posted by Ron Berliner on May 08, 2006 at 19:28:23:

Dear Mark:

I am trying to import transactions from Vanguard using
Edit > InternetRetrieve>Transactions.
When the RetrieveTransactions dialog appears, I set the appropriate TransactionRetrieveSettings. I have selected dates corresponding to the most recent statement from Vanguard, checked “SkipTransactions…” and Import “Investment Banking Transactions …” whatever that means.

I have both bonds and stocks in this account. When I get the Preview screen, I get what I expect for the stocks in the account. If there is a dividentd it is shown with a red horizontal arrow (which I presume means “money into the default cash account” and a vertical green arrow showing a corresponding buy (dividend reinvestment).

An interest payment for a bond is, however, shown as a down-pointing red arrow and a note sell -277.5.

I went ahead and imported the transactions and found that the dividend payment from the bond is shown as a Sell in the VanguardPrime (default cash) account as $-277 but it does not affect the balance.

I believe that this transaction should increase the value of the VanguardPrime balance. What am I doing wrong?

A second issue.

Can I import bond prices from my Vanguard account? Vanguard posts the new prices each month and the only other way I know to get the new prices in is to do it by hand.

Thank you in advance for your help.

R. Berliner

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• Re: Bond transaction Mark 20:23:10 05/08/06 (0)