Yes they do all have symbols but I have no plans to download the quotes directly from any source. What I'm asking about is setting up the account tree to track the numbers I'm looking for: total value of the whole portfolio, value of the individual products, and tracking of the underlying mutual fund distributions in the one particular MF product.
So it's basically a cascade of accounts with a top level and multiple sublevels and I'm just trying to get that correct so that it doesn't cause issues with the rest of my accounts (mainly a cash flow report). On 2017-07-22 21:55, Dale Alspach wrote: > I have two TIAA contracts which contain mutual funds and other similar > investments. I have a top level asset account named Retirement and below > that are asset accounts for each contract. Under each contract are accounts > for each mutual fund, ETF, etc. As far as I am aware all TIAA funds now > have symbols and quotes can be obtained from Yahoo. The only exception is > the TIAA guaranteed or stable-value fund. For that one I use pseudo shares > with 1 dollar = 1 share. So each underlying mutual fund is setup to use > prices updated by finance-quote. I download transactions > once a month from the TIAA site. > > To keep things organized I have separate income accounts for tax sheltered > income and taxed income. Transactions > under the Retirement account only affect the tax sheltered income accounts. > > Dale > > On Jul 22, 2017 10:38 PM, "AC" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I may be misunderstanding, but it seems like the following would work: >> Assets:TIAA (cash)Assets:TIAA:Lifecycle 1 (commodity)Assets:TIAA:Lifecycle >> 2 (commodity)Assets:TIAA:TIAA Mutual Fund (commodity) >> My experience of the so called "Lifecycle" funds is that they are just >> like any other mutual funds. >> When I handle payroll deductions, the dollars go into the cash account, >> and a separate purchase transaction moves the cash into fund shares. It's a >> little cumbersome, but it allows me to ensure that the right numbers get >> in. >> HTH, David >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 8:38, AC<[email protected]> wrote: I want >> to start tracking my TIAA retirement portfolio for informational >> purposes (no reporting needs, filings, etc.) but I need some suggestions >> on structuring the account trees so that it doesn't affect my existing >> accounts. However, possibly later I'll edit things so that the paycheck >> contributions are directed accordingly so I'd want the new accounts to >> allow that eventually (i.e. for now I'll add contributions manually >> using a virtual source and eventually go back through and move those to >> withdraw from my paycheck, the amount withheld is already accounted) >> >> The trick with my TIAA portfolio is that it has three different products >> within it. Two of them are TIAA funds (one of the lifecycle multi-asset >> funds) that does not have a breakdown of the individual holdings (like a >> mutual fund). These two only document the employer contributions, my >> contributions, shares and interest/dividends. The third product is a >> TIAA mutual fund for which the individual holdings are broken out with >> all the same data as a typical mutual fund (shares, prices, etc.) >> >> What I expect to have is some type of top-level account that tracks the >> overall value of the portfolio in dollars and then either within that or >> somewhere nearby an account or account tree for each of the three >> products. At first I had considered just making the two TIAA funds into >> an account that was basically a mutual fund with a single holding but I >> wasn't quite sure how to combine that with the one real mutual fund when >> each of the three funds receives different amounts of contributions and >> individual dividends. Perhaps it would be a top-level account then >> three sub-accounts that are all mutual funds with two of them having one >> holding and the last is the broken out holding? >> >> I don't plan on using this for any official reporting (I get those >> documents already), and I don't plan on downloading statements, quotes, >> or anything else. I'll just manually track things as my statements come >> in and I enter the data from those, perhaps updating symbol share prices >> manually if I'm interested at a particular time. I don't currently use >> much reporting as is with my existing accounts except an occasional cash >> flow report so as long as that isn't affected I'm fine. I do currently >> have a mutual fund being tracked so I want to be careful not to cause >> trouble for that either. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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