Can't get online quotes for some Fidelity/BlackRock investments

[Andrew Kolbus]

Ken and John,
Thanks for your responses.  That's what I feared, but I was hoping that
maybe there was a way to get them through the Fidelity source, since it is
a Fidelity 401k.  That being said, when I use those symbols in Fidelity's
own "Get Quote" form, it reports the symbol as unknown.  I have also tried
google and yahoo finance to no avail, I'm not familiar with any other quote
providers, but it is probably not publicly available.  Looks like F::Q is
out of the question for this one.

That being said, by importing my QIF transaction data from Fidelity into
Gnucash, I am providing Gnucash with a price for the investment.  Can
Gnucash use this data as a price source when calculating the value of the
investment, rolling up, reporting, etc?

Regards,
Andrew



On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:19 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:08 AM, Andrew Kolbus <andrew.kolbus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For most of my investments, Finance::Quote works just fine.  I have a few
> > in my 401k that I can't get working.
> >
> > They are all BlackRock investments but have the disclaimer "This
> investment
> > is not a mutual fund."  Fidelity lists their symbols as:
> >
> >   - 999525090 (BlackRock Equity Index Fund Class T, price $67.898)
> >   - 999892870 (BlackRock Extended Market Fund, price $74.182)
> >   - ACI018PH2 (BlackRock MSCI EAFE Equity Index Fund M, price $13.125)
> >
> > I have tried using Yahoo and Fidelity as the price source for these, and
> > can't get a quote.  Without quotes for these investments, GnuCash reports
> > the value of my 401k about 15% low.  Is there some prefix or suffix I
> > should try?  Anyone know of any other workaround?
>
> These are probably captive instruments offered only through the 401K, in
> which case it's unlikely that quotes are available from anywhere other than
> the 401K admin.
>
> Your best course is likely to enter the prices by hand in the price editor.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>