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MoneyCentral Portfolio If you wish
track your investments using MoneyCentral Portfolio, take the
following steps:
Enter
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp in the address bar;
to make this your "home" page: click on "Tools", "Internet Options",
under the "General" tab "Home Page" section, click on "Use Current",
"OK"
On the "Investing Home" line, click on
"Portfolio", "Deluxe Portfolio"; the software will then download
to your computer
Delete the "sample" account; click on the account line, "Edit",
"Delete"
Click on "File", "New Account", "Regular",
"Next", enter your choice of account name, e.g. "Dividends",
"Next", "Cancel"
Go to drop down box "View", click on "Create New View", "Remove All"
Click on each of the following column
names one at a time, in this order, then click "Add>>":
News, Symbol, Quantity, Average Cost, Last, Cost
Basis, Market Value, Price Appreciation, Income, Dividend Yield,
Change, Today’s Total Change, Memo, Industry
After all column names appear on right
side, click "Save As", enter your choice of "View Name", e.g.
"Dividends", "OK"
Recording Stock buys: click on the account line,
"Edit", "Record Buy", enter stock symbol and requested
information, "OK" or "Record Another"
Updating the "Memo" column: double-click
on the investment line, click on tab "Notes", enter the data from
the TPD topic formatted as follows:
for a monthly dividend: P M .$$ Y $.$$
for a quarterly dividend: "P mm/dd Q $.$$ Y $.$$
Click "OK"
Click on the "Memo" column name to sort your
investments by cash dividend payment date.
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2003 Gerald R. Brookman, TenPercentDividends.com
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