Securities Comparison Mismatch (x30 or so names)

LoxyLox

Hello - running Classic on Windows. Probably have 100+ individual investment holdings over multiple accounts mostly Schwab. A good number of them are specific preferred issues for which I made more specific/distinguishing names when they were first downloaded into Quicken.

I think it was June when the Quicken downloading method was changed and first created the Securities Comparison Mismatch error screen to come up across multiple accounts, where each security now in error was listed twice, once under the original name I gave it, and then again with the "standard" name. One typically has a negative # of shares and value, while the other has a positive. I've been trying to, in effect, merge each of those two paired listings back into one so I don't lose the whole history of each…but it's a daunting list to look at (possibly 30 - 45 different pairs) and I haven't figured out how to do it with any single pair yet. Attaching screenshot of an account that luckily just happens to have one mismatch, but other accounts have so many more to deal with.

It's getting more confusing as dividends/distributions add up. So I've just been cancelling the error message the last few months and finally taking the time to ask. Willing to do some manual work for sure if there's a way to merge, but would settle if necessary for a way that doesn't retain the original purchase history and dividend reinvestments etc that happened before the June 2025 update that created the mismatch. Thank you.

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NotACPA

For the 2 Franklin entities shown in your graphic, you can do a 1-for-1 Corporate Acquisition to combine them.

Given that, I suspect that the same action will work with your other duplicates also.

As always, take a backup before you begin … just in case.

q_lurker

My understanding of that type of problem is that the security you have in Quicken is not matched properly to the security being downloaded by the brokerage. My approach would be:

• Back up the file, just in case.
• Choose one security. Edit the existing security in Quicken and uncheck the box that it is “matched with online security”
• From the account transaction list, click the action gear icon and choose the ‘Reconcile shares’.
• That should then present the opportunity to match the security properly thereby avoiding the mismatch.
• If that fixes the first test, repeat the edits for the other securities and follow with another Reconcile Shares.

Hop this helps