VSM was bought out with cash and now my E*trade account balance is high by the cash amount

hve

There also now is a security generated "unknown security VSM"
What do I need to do to get the balances correct?

NotACPA

For  unknown reasons, E*Trade only downloaded the cash portion of the transaction ... and not the sale of VSM.

EDIT this transaction (in your brokerage account) to change it to a SALE.

NotACPA

How did you record, in QMac, that buy out?  It should have been a SALE of VSM for the amount of cash received.

hve

I downloaded the data from E•trade. It wass recorded this way:

NotACPA

For  unknown reasons, E*Trade only downloaded the cash portion of the transaction ... and not the sale of VSM.

EDIT this transaction (in your brokerage account) to change it to a SALE.