Overview
Investment transactions let you manage detailed activity for your investment accounts in Quicken Simplifi. You can record buys, sells, and other transaction types, track commissions, and move money to or from investment accounts using linked transfers.
Investment transactions usually download automatically when you connect an investment account. If needed, you can also add or update these transactions manually.
Things to Note:
Investment transactions do not interact with your Investment Portfolio or account balances. These are designed to be a behind-the-scenes type of scenario without impacting your actual Portfolio Value. More details on using the Investments section can be found here.
Investment transactions are limited to investing actions only. If you'd like to add a cash transaction, you may do so by using the 'Payment/Deposit' Type.
Investment transactions will not impact the Balance Over Time feature or the Performance Over Time feature.
At this time, there are only certain investment transactions that can be included in reports, the Spending Plan, and Watchlists. Click here for more details!
Add an Investment Transaction
Follow these steps to manually create a new investment transaction.
Hover over the left panel and click Investments.
Select the Transactions tab at the top.
Click the + Transaction button to the far right of the Transaction Activity view.
Enter the transaction details:
Account.
Date.
Type.
Security name.
Tags (optional).
Total amount (total price).
Shares quantity.
Commission (if applicable).
Any other applicable fields, depending on the selected transaction type.
Enter additional details such as notes, attachments, or choose to exclude from the Spending Plan or from Reports.
Click Create when done.
Note: The ability to export investment transactions is currently not available. However, we plan to add this ability!
Edit an Investment Transaction
You can change the details of an existing investment transaction at any time.
Hover over the left panel and click Investments.
Select the Transactions tab at the top.
Locate the transaction you'd like to edit, hover over it, and then click the three-dot menu on its far right.
Select Edit transaction.
Make the necessary changes.
Click Update when done.
Delete an Investment Transaction
If a transaction is no longer needed, you can remove it.
Hover over the left panel and click Investments.
Select the Transactions tab at the top.
Locate the transaction you'd like to delete, hover over it, and then click the three-dot menu on its far right.
Select Edit transaction.
Click Delete at the bottom right.
Transfer From and To Investment Accounts
You can use Linked Transfers with your investment transactions, allowing you to move money to and from your investment accounts. If you want to use your investment account as the source account, follow these steps:
Hover over the left panel and click Investments.
Select the Transactions tab at the top.
Locate the transaction and click the three-dot menu on its far right.
Click Edit transaction.
In the transaction details, click the Category field.
Scroll down to Transfer and select the destination account.
Click Update (existing transaction) or Create (new transaction).
Once you save the linked transfer transaction, Quicken Simplifi will look for a matching transaction on the destination account. If no matching transaction exists, you’ll be prompted to create the new transaction for the destination account.
Note: If your investment account is the destination account, please refer to the Managing Linked Transfers guide for detailed steps.
If you're looking for steps specific to the mobile app, please see our article Managing Investment Transactions on the Mobile App.
If you have any questions or need help managing investment transactions in Quicken Simplifi, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team!