Comments on: Goodbye Microsoft Money, Hello Quicken http://www.mydollarplan.com/microsoft-money-quicken/ because money doesn't grow on trees Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gerald http://www.mydollarplan.com/microsoft-money-quicken/#comment-11739 Gerald Sat, 22 May 2010 04:12:58 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=1202#comment-11739 Hello Unfortunately Quicken still doesn't support international quaotes... So if you have som shares outside US or Canada, there is no automatic update.. You have to manually enter every quote, every day, and always and always... If someone has another program that can manage international quote, it would be great ! Thank you ! G Hello

Unfortunately Quicken still doesn’t support international quaotes… So if you have som shares outside US or Canada, there is no automatic update.. You have to manually enter every quote, every day, and always and always…
If someone has another program that can manage international quote, it would be great !
Thank you !
G

]]> By: Madison http://www.mydollarplan.com/microsoft-money-quicken/#comment-11635 Madison Tue, 18 May 2010 12:55:53 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=1202#comment-11635 Absolutely Andy. Personal finance software is really one of the only software programs I'm willing to spend money on. Then again, I like to track everything. Each year, we review all of our transactions to tweak our budget for the upcoming year. It helps to have all of the data at our fingertips. I too tried Mint.com, but found it way too basic. Maybe in a few years it will be robust enough to handle more complex transactions. Right now, I think it's geared towards customers who just have a couple of accounts. So for now, I'll be spending my money on Quicken! Absolutely Andy. Personal finance software is really one of the only software programs I’m willing to spend money on. Then again, I like to track everything. Each year, we review all of our transactions to tweak our budget for the upcoming year. It helps to have all of the data at our fingertips.

I too tried Mint.com, but found it way too basic. Maybe in a few years it will be robust enough to handle more complex transactions. Right now, I think it’s geared towards customers who just have a couple of accounts.

So for now, I’ll be spending my money on Quicken!

]]> By: Andy http://www.mydollarplan.com/microsoft-money-quicken/#comment-11633 Andy Tue, 18 May 2010 09:28:08 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=1202#comment-11633 Madison - Do you feel that Quiken is worth the cost? I would like to get a program that helps track everything better so that my wife and I can have a better grasp on our budget. I currently track everything on a spreadsheet, but not to the transaction level, so I have been considering Quicken. I have accounts at anywhere between 10-20 places at a given time. I started using Mint to see what all the fuss was about, but have found it too basic and I cannot get it customized to my liking. Plus, I do not feel like it is a "smart" program capable of learning that certain repeated transactions (e.g. grocery store, 401k contributions) should be coded in a certain way. They continually come in as "uncategorized" or "transfer" so I have to manually update quite a bit. Madison – Do you feel that Quiken is worth the cost? I would like to get a program that helps track everything better so that my wife and I can have a better grasp on our budget. I currently track everything on a spreadsheet, but not to the transaction level, so I have been considering Quicken. I have accounts at anywhere between 10-20 places at a given time.

I started using Mint to see what all the fuss was about, but have found it too basic and I cannot get it customized to my liking. Plus, I do not feel like it is a “smart” program capable of learning that certain repeated transactions (e.g. grocery store, 401k contributions) should be coded in a certain way. They continually come in as “uncategorized” or “transfer” so I have to manually update quite a bit.

]]> By: Mark Roddis http://www.mydollarplan.com/microsoft-money-quicken/#comment-11515 Mark Roddis Thu, 13 May 2010 17:14:48 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=1202#comment-11515 I used to be a loyal Quicken customer. I bought every upgrade each year and was happy and in control. Then Intuit announced that Quicken was to be no more in the UK and dropped it. So I was forced to move to the only alternative out there. MS Money. I made the move, converted all my accounts and now guess what. That's gone the same way. I have tried so many online services and other bits of software and none come close to what Money or Quicken can do so it would seem us Brits are going to have to revert back to a spreadsheet or plain old pen and paper. I used to be a loyal Quicken customer. I bought every upgrade each year and was happy and in control.

Then Intuit announced that Quicken was to be no more in the UK and dropped it.

So I was forced to move to the only alternative out there. MS Money.

I made the move, converted all my accounts and now guess what. That’s gone the same way.

I have tried so many online services and other bits of software and none come close to what Money or Quicken can do so it would seem us Brits are going to have to revert back to a spreadsheet or plain old pen and paper.

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