Move to Two Separate Brokerage Accounts???

LargeDoggie

Hi:

 

Sorry for what is likely a very dumb question, but here goes:

 

I am running Quicken for Mac:

 

 

I have set up a Brokerage account with Vanguard, “Retirement, Not Sheltered”:

 

 

Something (I’m not sure what) has changed on their end, and the Vanguard WEB-site now lists two individual brokerage accounts (rather than one aggregate account), call them “VGRD 01” and “VGRD 02”. They both are included under “Retirement, Not Sheltered” and the numbers sum appropriately, but this Quicken setup makes it clunky to check and update the brokerage accounts.

 

Thus, as a simplifying bookkeeping maneuver, I’d like to generate not one but two accounts in Quicken: “Retirement, Not Sheltered VGRD 01” and “Retirement, Not Sheltered VGRD 02”.

 

For the life of me, I cannot figure how to do this. I cannot seem to drag/move the transactions from the current aggregate account to the newly created separate brokerage accounts:

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thank you very much!

 

LargeDoggie

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Quicken Kristina

Hello @LargeDoggie,

To assist with this issue, please provide more information. What happens when you try to drag/drop the transactions from the aggregate account to the newly added ones? Are you seeing any error messages, or is it just showing a no entry sign icon when you are trying to drop the transactions in the new account they belong in?

I look forward to your response!

LargeDoggie

Thanks for attempting to help!

So you are saying that I should go to the aggregate account and then move all the relevant transactions to the new split accounts???

If I do that, i get the universal "prohibited" sign over the transactions as I attempt to drag them. It's the circle with the slash through it (but I'm not smart enough to capture a picture of it as I drag). The prohibited symbol pops up the instant I click and move on a transaction, well before I get anywhere near the new split accounts.

Much appreciated!

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for your reply,

Usually, Quicken will let you drag/drop between accounts. Does the prohibited symbol disappear when you are at the account you need to move the transactions to?

Thank you!

LargeDoggie

Hi Kristina:

Thanks much for trying to help!

All is good now; I found another way to do it. I emptied the securities from the aggregate account, transferred them to the 2 new accounts, and then "hid" the new zero balance aggregate account, using the "Transfer Shares" Command:

Again, I greatly appreciate your participation! Best wishes.

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for the follow-up,

I'm glad to hear you found a solution, and thank you for coming back to share what worked!

If you need further assistance, please feel free to reach out!