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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!cs.uiuc.edu!vela!temiraso
- From: temiraso@vela.acs.oakland.edu (thomas e mirasol)
- Subject: Re: Quicken vs. Manage your Money
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.024336.19429@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- References: <1993Jan24.193526.1768@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Distribution: na
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:43:36 GMT
- Lines: 97
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- In article <1993Jan24.193526.1768@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> tony2@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (gozdz,antoni s) writes:
- >In article <C1DBw4.1K6@polstra.uucp> larryba@polstra.uucp (Larry Barello) writes:
- >>>In article <1993Jan22.173752.16323@ee.gatech.edu> austin@eecom.gatech.edu (Mark D. Austin) writes:
- >>>>I was wondering if someone could suggest which package would be
- >>>>better for home finances, including tracking my investments,
- >>>>check writing etc.
- >>
- >>You might want to consider Microsoft Money as long as tracking investments
- >>is not high on you priority list. It doesn't handle investments at all
- >>without some major fooling around. However, it does handle checking and
- >>other money managemnt stuff just fine and it is very easy to use. I have
- >>been trying to use Quicken for Windows version 2.0 and gave up. I limit
- >>it to calculating my investment performance - and that is suspect now
- >>given the recent news traffic...
- >>
- >>Cheers!
- >>--
- >>Larry Barello uunet!polstra!larryba
- >
- >You might also check some freeware or shareware
- >programs on the oakland server (a mirror site of
- >SIMTEL-20 (ftp 141.210.10.117); a listing follows:
- >
- >amort11d.zip cgzex31a.zip econ.zip mkmst431.zip sprm24.zip
- >amortz13.zip cgzlb31a.zip ecs11b.zip modfin91.zip st-bgt17.zip
- >bam351.zip cgzpr31a.zip ezloan20.zip mortcal2.zip walst535.zip
- >bondcalc.zip chekfree.arc fads2.zip pca71.arc xchk23.zip
- >capgains.arc cio11.zip finan10.zip pcheck22.zip
- >cashfl15.zip ckmstr31.zip heatloss.zip pfroi24.zip
- >cgzdc31a.zip consol21.zip int201.zip rsa303h.zip
- >cgzdm31a.zip ddmtg.zip mfswap12.arc sa251a.zip
- >
- >I like pfroi24 in particular. However, I'm not sure why
- >the return-on-investment values it calculates for
- >>1 period are still 2X greater than the real number...
- >Does anybody here in this newsgroup have experience
- >with v.2.4 or the newer versions (4.0, 5.0)? Are they
- >worth the money ($29)?
- >
- >Tony
- >tony2@cc.bellcore.com
-
- Here is an index of the above list with a more detailed description:
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- NOTE: This list was created on Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:00:23 -0700 (MST).
- Some files may have been added or deleted since that date.
- See file PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME for additional information.
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- NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII
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- Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FINANCE>
- Filename Type Length Date Description
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- AMORT11D.ZIP B 219573 911211 AmortizeIt v1.1d: Loan amortization pgm
- AMORTZ13.ZIP B 103600 910816 Amortz v1.30: Financial loan calculation
- BAM350.ZIP B 217201 921214 Bank Account Manager v3.50: Family finance mgr
- BONDCALC.ZIP B 141854 911224 BondCalc: Bond value and yield calculator
- CAPGAINS.ARC B 57047 890408 Calculate capital gains
- CASHFL15.ZIP B 42007 911224 CashFlow: Controls expenses and monthly income
- CGZDC31A.ZIP B 196577 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr, docs, 4/6
- CGZDM31A.ZIP B 174191 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr, tutorial, 6/6
- CGZDT31A.ZIP B 9110 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr, data, 3/6
- CGZEX31A.ZIP B 27933 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr. examples, 5/6
- CGZLB31A.ZIP B 154138 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr, library, 2/6
- CGZPR31A.ZIP B 299940 921108 Capital Gainz 3.1-portfolio mgr, program, 1/6
- CHEKFREE.ARC B 229622 881226 Electronic banking by modem is here!
- CIO11.ZIP B 229119 910819 CHEQUE-IT-OUT v1.1: Personal money mgmt system
- CKMSTR31.ZIP B 226251 920330 CheckMaster 3.1, check management program
- CONSOL21.ZIP B 114931 900402 Financial mgt: Mutual funds/stocks/bonds/cash
- DDMTG.ZIP B 14535 900427 Canadian mortgage amortization month by month
- DEBTFR20.ZIP B 155640 920813 Home mortgage mgr, calculate/record payments
- ECON.ZIP B 68682 920312 ECON: Econometric stock market forcasting
- ECS11B.ZIP B 219459 920407 Spreadsheet-style checkbook/budget management
- EZLOAN20.ZIP B 54591 920924 EZ-Loan: Amortization and loan scheduler
- FADS2.ZIP B 184507 920716 Database system for tracking fixed assets
- FINAN10.ZIP B 156126 920121 Ray Zimmerman's 'The Financial Analyzer' v1.00
- HEATLOSS.ZIP B 39452 920904 Home insulation retrofit/conservation payback
- INT201.ZIP B 107141 911209 Interest/Amortization/Depreciation analyzer
- MFSWAP12.ARC B 73814 890207 Dalton Mutual Fund Model v1.2
- MFTRACK3.ZIP B 171002 910713 Mutual Fund Tracker V3.0, Buy/Sell/Hold advice
- MKMST431.ZIP B 283583 910630 'Market Master' analyze stocks, bonds, mutuals
- MODFIN91.ZIP B 150101 920626 Mortgage, lease-purchase, W-2, 1099, pgms
- MORTCAL2.ZIP B 19554 920211 Computes mortgage rates, payments & schedules
- PCA71.ARC B 75397 900201 Easy to use personal checking account program
- PCHECK22.ZIP B 31302 910716 Prints personal checks & keeps a database v2.2
- PFROI24.ZIP B 221013 920421 Portfolio Manager for Brokers & Professionals
- RSA303H.ZIP B 227211 920716 Stock analyzer, screen/performance comparison
- SA251A.ZIP B 35509 900421 Fundamental analysis of stock balance sheets
- SIM201.ZIP B 82030 921020 Investment/Portfolio manager graph value, gain
- SPRM24.ZIP B 88355 900323 Stock Portfolio manager,store/manipulate/print
- ST-BGT17.ZIP B 358571 921207 ST-Budget v1.7a: Budget tracking system
- WALST535.ZIP B 188983 901226 Wall Street stock-tracker & portfolio analyzer
- XCHK23.ZIP B 129058 910428 Check writing and checkbook management program
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