Anyone use Quicken to track their mutual funds?

**atomicrc11** · 03-07-2008, 09:13 AM

When I download them I can see the total value of the account and what holdings I have. I mainly use it just to keep track of the value of the account. This way I know how much I have in the Roth/401k in relation to everything else.

**Aleta** · 03-07-2008, 09:27 AM

I was wondering how some of you input this information. Do you put down what you originally paid for your funds or did you use the Dec 31st price as the cost? I think that it would be too much trouble to look back at every stock or fund that you have purchased.

**atomicrc11** · 03-07-2008, 10:19 AM

You can start with the cost basis, which will take the average price paid per share on a specific date. I have had mine in there since they were opened so I know exactly how much each share cost.

**zetta** · 03-07-2008, 11:34 AM

You can connect to your brokerage and download your current holdings. My brokerage statement lists the cost basis of each fund (ie the sum of all the purchase I have made less any sales for that fund) on the monthly statement so that's what I used.

**Snave** · 03-07-2008, 11:38 AM

I actually just do a portfolio tracker at money.com. I put in all my info for each account and have my IRA, my Roth, etc... I can check it during the day and see what it is doing in realtime. No need to check a lot lately unless I want to get sick.

**zetta** · 03-07-2008, 02:06 PM

What does the tracker at money.com show you? Account balance and asset allocation? Performance statistics on the individual funds? Any other usefule info?

**Snave** · 03-07-2008, 02:59 PM

You put in the mutual fund or stock ticker and the purchase price, number of shares, etc... It will then give you real time tracking througout the day. It also will show your % allocation, etc... It will show how much each stock/fund is up or down and also if the entire portfolio is up/down. I have it set up for my taxable accounts, my IRA, my wifes IRA. So, I just click on each tab and it show me what is going on.

**zetta** · 03-10-2008, 07:24 AM

I don't care so much about what it is doing on any given day....will it show me the YTD, 3, 5, and 10 year returns?

**Aleta** · 03-10-2008, 08:58 AM

I don't think that my question was understood. I have retirement funds and various mutual fund purchases and do not want to go back 10 to 15 years to find out what I purchased them for. I keep up with that yearly. I was asking whether you could just on December 31st, put in your fund, its ending balance and the shares owned as of Dec 31st.

**Spud** · 04-09-2008, 03:21 PM

Zetta - what version of Quicken do you have? I have 2008, and they have changed it a lot since 2007. I'm not sure how much they changed the investing portion of it because although we've kept our checking/savings/budget in Quicken since 2005, I'm just this year trying to get our investments into Quicken. In any case, in Q2008, under the Investing tab, I click Performance. From there it shows me a few different charts that are all customizable to which account(s) I want to view:

Growth of $10,000 - I can choose length of time and compare the chart to S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, & Russel 2000.
Average Annual Return - Shows 1, 3, and 5 year %, and then compares those to the above.
Portfolio Value vs. Cost Basis
Investing Activity - Shows Beginning value, and changes in the selected account QTD and YTD. Also shows capital gain/loss.

I hope that helps. I've also found the forums at Quicken Community - Quicken for Windows to be very helpful.

Anyone use Quicken to track their mutual funds?