If the database contains this data, that's great, but we need a user interface to see/edit it. The allocation graph, but not some of the other details given can also be put on the Home tab/view in Deluxe and above.Įxcept that the new Asset Allocation dashboard seems to reveal that there is underlying detail for "mixed/multiple" funds - but it's not visible nor editable as it is in Quicken Windows. The Allocations are found on yet another view in Quicken Windows Premier (but not on Deluxe and below) called Allocations. Why do I think it is Morningstar? Because Quicken Windows also has the "online portfolio":Īnd the link to the vender disclosures brings up this page.Īnd on top of that Quicken Windows Premier has the Morningstar X-Ray portfolio, which has similar restrictions on what asset classes it will report on.īTW it is interesting that the Asset Class graph is on Quicken Mac's Investment Dashboard.īecause instead of that Quicken Windows has a Value over Time graph (the other graphs are the same). Notice the "Download asset class information" this is what it does (user can change manually). In Quicken Windows the details are held in the security details. And that is basically the guess of where the Quicken Windows gets them. My guess on the source of this information would be Morningstar (Quicken Inc has never stated where this information comes from as far as I know). Yes, (given this works the same as Quicken Windows) it is pulling the asset classes from the mutual fund details. Is Quicken pulling in data about the makeup of my mutual funds, and using that for the asset allocation? That could be really useful, but because I can't drill down to see where it thinks my small cap holdings are from, I have no idea where this data is coming from. I have no mutual funds or securities I have coded as small-cap stocks, yet in the Dashboard asset allocation, it shows I have 12% small cap stocks. It seems Quicken Mac is pulling data from a third-party source. And Mixed/Multiple is the least useful of them all.ĮTF's and Mutual Funds all return to Mixed/ Multiple it seems. The current classes are not sufficient to be really useful, IMHO. Short Term Bond funds should have a different asset class from Government Bonds or High Risk Bonds to give a couple of examples. Large Cap Value Funds should have a different Asset Class than Large Cap Growth Funds. How about more Asset Classes and better Asset Classes. ETF's and Mutual Funds all return to Mixed/ Multiple it seems.Īnd while I'm mentioning this issue, I'll mention a related one. This happens every time you quit and restart Quicken, not just with a manual price update. Yes, I agree, that this is annoying and different than previous behavior. How can I keep the Asset Class edit field to stay as I named it? For example the ETF FHLC I edited to be Large Cap, but after a manual update it changes back to Mixed/Multiple. However I did notice that in my List of Securities, I had edited the Asset Class field on some of my securities, but now after each manual price update, some of the securities revert back to the default Asset Class name. How does the Quicken Mac flow help the user ensure that their categories/transactions are actually recorded properly when in automatic reconcile mode? If the "Men Oh Ramen" transaction is far back or even the "wrong category" it wouldn't jump out at a person that this transaction is actually recorded incorrectly.Īutomatic reconcile makes a lot more sense when using Quicken Windows' other flow where you first accept each transaction into the register (fixing categories and such as you go), and then when that is all done then the automatic reconcile is triggered. Two things happen after a reconcile, one is the Clr status goes to R, but the other is that the Status/blue dot column is cleared too. If automatic reconcile is on, it will reconcile this with no problem because the amounts are all correct, but here it is after reconcile: With the blue dot/New I know to look at them are fix any problems. If I download transactions (with automatic reconcile off) I can now review the transactions because the new transactions are flagged.Ībove I purposely removed the association between Men Oh Ramen and Dining just so it is "wrong", but it could be any kind of problem either with the category selected of even the payee name in some cases. I would be interested in seeing how Quicken Mac addresses the following problem. On the Windows side I have found that automatic transaction entry mode and automatic reconcile mode do not go well together. I do wonder about Automatic Reconcile mode though. The Windows side is still waiting for Dark Mode, and the idea of "Account Issue Indicator on the Sidebar" seems like great idea, and Quicken Windows doesn't have that. Wow some nice features here, maybe you will make the Windows users (like me) jealous.
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