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8. If necessary, provide the commission paid. If you’re recording a BuyX action, either enter the amount you paid for the shares and any commission in the XFer Amt box or enter the commission you paid in the Comm Fee box. (If you purchased shares of a no-load mutual fund, the commission equals zero.)

4. Provide the share price. Enter the price per share you paid in the Avg. Cost or Price box. (Quicken changes the name of the box that holds the share price data from Avg. Cost to Price if you record a BuyX transaction.) You can enter the share price in dollars and cents, such as [...]

Purchasing Shares 1. Provide the purchase date. Enter the purchase date in the Date text box. Be sure to enter the actual purchase date and not the date you mailed the check to the mutual fund management company or the broker or the date you recorded the purchase. Quicken categorizes any capital gain or loss [...]

After you set up the account, select the investment account from the Account List and click Open to open the Create Opening Share Balance dialog box. Usually, you don’t want to use this dialog box because it doesn’t allow you to enter the actual cost data that is useful for tax calculations, so click Cancel [...]