Setup account for Bonds

Robin Chattopadhyay robinraymn at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 19:40:03 EST 2011


Hi Joe-

Those options are just suggestions. You can type whatever you want in
there; I just put BOND.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Joe Allen <joeallenpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your help. What type do you use when setting up the bond?
> The options I have are Amex, Eurex, Fund, Nasdaq, NYSE, and template. I'm
> trying to setup an account for Series I Bonds.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Each bond has to have its own 'commodity' (Tools --> Security Editor -->
>> Add) . Set up a single security for each combination of maturity and coupon
>> rate. Once you have the bond themselves set up, you will be able to select
>> them from the Security/Currency field.
>>
>> Each bond would also has to have its own asset account.
>>
>> For example, I have the following account tree for some Series EE savings
>> bonds.
>>
>> ASSETS
>>  --> Investments
>> --> --> EE Savings Bonds
>> --> --> --> Series 2003-01
>> --> --> --> Series 2004-05
>> --> --> --> Series 2007-01
>> --> --> Brokerage Account
>> --> --> --> Target (TGT)
>> --> --> --> Disney (DIS)
>> --> --> --> etc. etc.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Joe Allen <joeallenpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Could someone please give me an example on how to setup an account to
>>> track
>>> bonds. I understand from the concept guide that the account type is
>>> Stock,
>>> but what should I select for the Security/Currency field? None of the
>>> types
>>> in the drop down box are applicable.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance
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