Last month we were 1 penny off; this month we are 5 cents
off from bivio to brokerage statement. I went to yahoo and
checked historical closing adjusted prices for valuation
date. We used the TDAmeritrade transaction page for
valuation date 2/08/08, same date as bivio valuation date.
No buys or sells this month. All the dividends and penny
method member deposits matched.

What's wrong and do we fix penny differences each month, end
of year, or what?

thanks, Etana

Etana, if your cash agrees, and your shares of stocks including fractional
dividends agree, don't worry about a few cents difference in market value at
any given time. After all, the next morning, those prices will all change
anyhow, and a few pennies don't matter.

Gene Rooks, SWIM, Orlando

> Last month we were 1 penny off; this month we are 5 cents
> off from bivio to brokerage statement.

Hey Etana,

It's the difference in the number of decimal points each company uses. It's
not a big deal. Our club has been off by pennies for 6 years. Never more
than $.05-$.06 at most. If it really bugs you, just force an adjustment.
Personally, I wouldn't bother.

Lynn O.

This is another reason I hate DRIPs. I know that mergers/acquisitions
can cause the same thing, but DRIPs make this so much more likely. We
have a few pretty pciky folks in our club and these $0.05 errors would
drive them nuts :-)

Jeff




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-----Original Message-----
From: club_cafe@bivio.com [mailto:club_cafe@bivio.com] On Behalf Of Lynn
Ostrem
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:19 PM
To: The Club Cafe
Subject: Re: club_cafe: $.05 discrepancy


> Last month we were 1 penny off; this month we are 5 cents off from
> bivio to brokerage statement.

Hey Etana,

It's the difference in the number of decimal points each company uses.
It's not a big deal. Our club has been off by pennies for 6 years.
Never more than $.05-$.06 at most. If it really bugs you, just force an
adjustment.
Personally, I wouldn't bother.

Lynn O.

Gene, Lynn, Ira,
The 5 cent discrepancy is in our cash money market balance.
Does that change what you all are saying?

thanks, Etana

Gene Rooks wrote:
> Etana, if your cash agrees, and your shares of stocks including fractional
> dividends agree, don't worry about a few cents difference in market value at
> any given time. After all, the next morning, those prices will all change
> anyhow, and a few pennies don't matter.
>
> Gene Rooks, SWIM, Orlando

Let's hold off on this topic until after we're prepared for
our audit. it's pennies, and it may be with the penny
menthod we've just started. We see in one place where
TDAmeritrade credited us 30.00 for a check that was 30.06...

later
etana


Etana Finkler wrote:
> Gene, Lynn, Ira,
> The 5 cent discrepancy is in our cash money market balance.
> Does that change what you all are saying?
>
>