Considerations
Use this page to manually record a deposit transaction for a mutual fund. A deposit transaction will add a position to your account without affecting your gains/losses. The most common reasons for using a deposit transaction for mutual funds include:
manually adjusting for mutual fund exchanges that GainsKeeper has been unable to process
adding inherited or gifted shares
Click one of the icons above to view either a list of the transactions available for that category, or click the Baseline Holdings icon to access the Add New Baseline Holdings page.
Procedure
From the Manually Record Trades page, click the Mutual Fund icon to access the Mutual Fund - Record Transaction page. From this page, select Deposit from the Action drop-down list. The Mutual Fund - Record Deposit Transaction page displays.
Select the account to which to record this transaction, from the In Account drop-down list. If you have only one account, this drop-down list is not displayed.
By default, the Action on this page is set to Deposit. To change this, select a different transaction from the Action drop-down list. The fields that display depend on the transaction that is selected.
Enter the Purchase Date (mm/dd/yyyy) of the fund. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate purchase date from the calendar that displays.
Select the Symbol radio button - Enter the security Symbol in the field provided and select whether it is Long or Short. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct symbol for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding 9-digit CUSIP displays in the CUSIP field.
Select the CUSIP radio button - Enter the 9-digit CUSIP of the security in the field provided. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct CUSIP for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding symbol displays in the Symbol field.
Select the type of security from the Security Type drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Mutual Fund for this transaction.
Enter the Deposit Date. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate date from the calendar that displays.
To record the Deposit transaction, click the Record button. To record the transaction and continue to enter additional transactions, click the Record & Repeat button. To leave this page, without recording the transaction, click the Cancel button.
Example
Click here to view an example of the Mutual Fund - Record Deposit Transaction page.
Click any of the numbered areas below to view the procedure step for the selected field.