Fixed income security prices

Lauren Babus

I use Quicken for accounts at Fidelity and Vanguard. I download pretty much daily. At the end of the month where I want to tie to statements, the Vanguard bond prices reflected in Quicken tie to the statements and show the last day of the month, April 30. The Fidelity bond prices reflected in Quicken show April 29. If I update early premarket on May 1 I get a price in Quicken with the April 30 date but this does not tie to the statements.

Any fix for this or way to correct other than manual input?

q_lurker

Let’s clarify:

You are asking about pricing of individual bonds - maybe US Treasuries, corporate, munis, etc. - not bond funds.

Vanguard is working the way you expect and want.

The Fidelity bond prices are inconsistent with their month-end statements.

With that understanding, to my knowledge, prices for those types of securities come into your Quicken file only from the download from your financial institution.

it is not surprising (to me) that Fidelity does not make the pricing for those types of securities available for download until late - after 9 PM, midnight, or similar. When looking at Fidelity’s online info, when do you see the bond prices updated to the day’s closing values? You are getting 4/30 prices pre-opening on 5/1. Are you getting the same 4/30 prices throughout the day on 5/1? In other words, both online and for downloads, does Fidelity only update bond prices once-a-day?

I can offer no opinion on why Fidelity’s 4/30 closing price for their downloads differ from their month-end statement. You need to take that up with Fidelity. Until they fix it, your manual adjustment is required.