Tracking funds in a 401k

[Bradford R. Bowman]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 08:10 -0500, Robert C. Ramsdell III wrote:
> I have a 401(k) account that I handle in a similar manner to some of the
> other respondents.  When I get a paycheck, part of the split is a
> transfer to Assets:Investments:401k.  The Assets:Investments:401k
> account then has sub-accounts for each mutual fund I purchase, just like
> any other investment account.
> 
> However, I make my 'purchases' when I get my quarterly statement (my
> contributions accumulate in the top-level account until then).  When I
> get my statement I add in the employer match (I count it as income) for
> the quarter and then make the purchases.  I transfer the appropriate $
> amount to the commodity sub-accounts, fill in the # of shares, and let
> GnuCash calculate the purchase price (which ends up being an average for
> the quarter).

Ok, this makes the most sense to me. TIAA-CREF has fairly good web
access to the account, which may make it easy to at least do monthly
updating of the funds.

Thanks for the replies.

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