Microsoft KB Archive/177924

Money 98: Monthly Report Displays Incorrect Stock Gain or Loss

PSS ID Number: Q177924 Article last modified on 08-18-1998

WINDOWS:98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Money 98 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

The following sentence appears in the Monthly Report, under Performance of Your Investments:

Your holdings of  % this month

However, your actual gain or loss on this stock may be different than the percentage stated.

= CAUSE =

The Monthly Report shows the percentage increase or decrease in the price of the stock over the entire month. This is not necessarily the same as the percent you gained or lost, if you purchased the stock sometime during that month.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

= Additional query words: w_money 6.0 woody reports inv =

Keywords : kbdta Version : WINDOWS:98 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.