From: temiraso@vela.acs.oakland.edu (thomas e mirasol)
Subject: Re: Quicken vs. Manage your Money
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:43:36 GMT

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: 

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.

NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII

Directory PD1:<MSDOS.FINANCE>
 Filename   Type Length   Date   Description
==============================================
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