From: Jeff on
On 4/5/2010 9:30 PM, John Pollard wrote:
> Jeff(a)nospam.fake wrote:
>> On 4/5/2010 10:51 AM, John Pollard wrote:
>>> Jeff(a)nospam.fake wrote:
>>>> On 4/4/2010 11:34 PM, Jeff(a)nospam.fake wrote:
>>>>> Using Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Windows 7.
>>>>> Suddenly today, after downloading transactions, as Q went through
>>>>> it "comparing transactions" a window popped up saying
>>>>> "Split ratio exceeds 1000:1 maximum". There was only button option
>>>>> on it: OK, so I clicked on it and the comparison continued and
>>>>> everything else seemed normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happened in 2 investment accounts and I have never seen this error
>>>>> before. What does it mean and what should I do?
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> Additional info: this occurred in 2 accounts in which equities had
>>>> been transferred to another account but not yet recorded.
>>>
>>> Did any of your securities recently undergo a stock "split"? Did
>>> your financial institution (or Quicken's price servers) download a
>>> stock split transaction?
>
>> hard to know. There were many transactions. I will look for it.
>> Anyway, everything seems correct.
>
> You can see that same message if you initiate a stock split transaction
> and enter a number greater than 1000 for new shares and 1 for old shares.
>
> If you really had a stock split with a ratio greater than 1000 to 1; I
> think you'd have to use multiple split transactions to achieve the desired
> end result.
>
Thank you.