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To record a mutual fund distribution you receive by check using an income form, display the investment account’s register, move the cursor to the next empty row of the register, click the Easy Actions button, and then click Record An Income Event to open the Record Income dialog box.

In order to keep records of your online investing activities, you’ll need to get a personal record-keeping program such as Quicken or Microsoft Money. Both programs work well, but Quicken is the more popular and more powerful tool, so we’ll discuss how record-keeping works with Quicken.

8. Indicate the duration of the order. Select an entry from the Duration drop-down list box. Day means the order is good for a day, and GTC, which stands for “good ’til canceled,” means that the order stays outstanding until either it’s executed or you cancel it. After you have described in detail an order [...]

If you set a stop order on a sell, the stop price is the price at which the market price needs to move past for your order to be placed and hopefully processed. 6. Identify which account you will use for funds. Select an account type from the Account Type drop-down list box. For example, [...]

If you set a limit on a buy order, you’re saying you want to buy only if the price is below the limit. If you set a limit on a sell order, you’re saying you want to sell only if the price is above the limit. Note that if the market price never moves past [...]