Microsoft KB Archive/154057

= You receive an error message when you try to sell an investment in Money =

Article ID: 154057

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Money 2006 Deluxe
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Premium
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Standard
 * Microsoft Money 2006 Small Business
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2004 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe and Business Edition
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 * Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe and Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2001 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154057





SYMPTOMS
When you try to sell an investment in Microsoft Money, you receive an error message that is similar to one of the following:

Adding this Sell or Remove Shares activity will cause the balance of shares of  held in this Investment Account to become negative at some point. Please arrange your transactions to avoid this.

You have entered more of  to renew or redeem than you have in this account.

You are selling or removing more shares of  than this Investment Account contains. There are  shares available for sale or removal on the date you entered. Would you like to change this Sell or Remove Shares to use that quantity?

You have entered more shares of  to sell or remove than you have in this account. You have  shares available on the date of this transaction. Would you like to sell or remove  shares?

You have entered more of  to renew or redeem than you have in this account.

You have entered more shares of  to sell or remove than you have in this account. You have Number shares available on the date of this transaction. Would you like to sell or remove  shares?



CAUSE
This issue is probably caused by rounding errors. If you have fractional shares, Money rounds to the fifth decimal place when displaying your portfolio.

For example, if you really have 42.111116 shares, Money shows that you have 42.12346 shares. If you try to sell 42.111112 shares, you receive one of the error messages that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.



MORE INFORMATION
You receive the first two error messages when you enter a Sell transaction into an account that does not currently contain any part of that particular investment. You receive the second two error messages if you try to sell more shares than you currently own.

Additional query words: money2006 money2005 money2003 money2002 money2001 money2000 Money2004 selling investing

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB154057

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