Tracking Manual Accounts and Investments

Jamessmck

Hello All,

I am a little confused about how to track value over time for investments or assets that I add manually. In the case of say a foreign investment account, I am wanting to update the value monthly so that I can track performance in Quicken. Do I simply update the amount each month? Or do I use the transaction function, where there is no loss/gain category for transactions? Same goes for assets I am manually adding which have changing values/

Thanks!

Coach Kristina

Hello @Jamessmck,

Thank you for reaching out with this question.

With investment accounts in Quicken Simplifi, the transactions do not have any impact on your holdings or portfolio value. You can add transactions as a behind the scenes way to see more details behind the holdings/portfolio information. For more information, please see this article:

https://support.simplifi.quicken.com/en/articles/6540220-managing-investment-transactions

To add/update the value of your investment account, you would need to add or edit your holdings. This article on tracking investments provides information on how to do that:

https://support.simplifi.quicken.com/en/articles/4474538-tracking-investments-in-quicken-simplifi

Please note that if your holdings have a ticker that is valid and recognized in Quicken Simplifi, then the market value for those holdings should update automatically.

I hope this helps!