Can you link bond interest payments to the bond on the security detail screen?

mikel51

I have several bonds that have made interest payments over the last couple of years. When I go to the security detail for a bond, it shows the bond purchase, but it doesn't show any of the interest payments. The interest payments are in the account transaction register, and the payments are associated with the specific bonds.

I am transitioning from Quicken windows. In QWin, the transaction detail shows the purchase price, accrued interest (separate transactions) and periodic interest payments. Is there any setting or way for me to view all the transactions associated with a particular bond in one window—preferably the transaction detail window that I am used to in QWin.

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for your reply,

Based on what it says in the help article for the security detail view, the Transaction History tracks transactions you have made involving the security. When I check in my Quicken for Mac, I can see it reflects transactions like the starting balance and buy transactions, but does not show Dividend Income.

Do you have Simple or Detailed tracking for this account in Quicken for Mac? You can check that by selecting the account, going to Accounts>Settings…, then look at Investment Tracking Method on the Details tab.

If you have Detailed tracking, then you could view all transactions for a security by going to the Transactions tab and either sorting by security, or putting the security name in the search box near the upper right, so that it will show only transactions with that security name in them.

I hope this helps!

Quicken Kristina

Hello @mikel51,

To better assist with this, please provide more information. What kind of bonds are these? Are they in an investment account that you update manually? What kind of transaction have you been using to track the interest payments so far?

I look forward to your reply!

mikel51

These are corporate bonds with CUSIP numbers in a Vanguard brokerage account. The transactions are downloaded from Vanguard, not manually updated. Most of the transactions were originally downloaded into Quicken for Windows and the Quicken file was imported into Quicken for Mac. But a few transactions were directly imported into Quicken for Mac and they behave similarly.

Some screenshots of the security detail windows from Windows and Mac.

Quicken Kristina

Thank you for your reply,

Based on what it says in the help article for the security detail view, the Transaction History tracks transactions you have made involving the security. When I check in my Quicken for Mac, I can see it reflects transactions like the starting balance and buy transactions, but does not show Dividend Income.

Do you have Simple or Detailed tracking for this account in Quicken for Mac? You can check that by selecting the account, going to Accounts>Settings…, then look at Investment Tracking Method on the Details tab.

If you have Detailed tracking, then you could view all transactions for a security by going to the Transactions tab and either sorting by security, or putting the security name in the search box near the upper right, so that it will show only transactions with that security name in them.

I hope this helps!

mikel51

Thanks—that does answer the question. I can view all the transactions, including interest income, in the transaction tab. In the security details window, I can see purchase and sales of the security, but not interest income associated with the security. This is a difference between Quicken for Windows and Quicken for Mac. I prefer the Quicken for Windows view/treatment of such transactions.