Importing QIF fails

[Carl LaCombe]

Dave Reiser <dbreiser <at> earthlink.net> writes:

> 
> Ron Pepper wrote:
> 
> >
> > During the import, I had to review info about each security. Most of 
> > them were OK as is, but some Accounts showed up as securities, I 
> > didn't know how to handle this so I passed on to the next field. I'm 
> > sure something was already mixed up at this point. Also some 
> > securities we own are proprietary funds, like TIAA-CREF stock. As far 
> > as I know these aren't listed on any exchange, is it OK to just 
> > manually type in TIAA-CREF?
> >
> > Ron
> 
> I don't know how the Quicken-QIF-Gnucash path goes with securities, but 
> Finance-Quote (the utility Gnucash uses to retrieve stock quotes) does 
> retrieve quotes for the private pseudo-symbols used by the TIAA-CREF 
> retirement funds. I've finally been able to track my wife's retirement 
> totals and contributions with matches (and my new ones once I hit a 
> year's service...).
> 
> Dave
> 


Dave,

I have read that getting quotes for TIAA-CREF funds is possible using the 
pseudo-symbols, but there is no detailed instruction on how to do this. 
I tried adding new securities under NASDAQ using the pseudo-symbols, 
but the price editor was not able to retrieve quotes for them. How are the 
pseudo-symbols used? Can they be used in GnuCash directly?

Thanks,
Carl