Money 98: What's New in Money 98
  
PSS ID Number: Q172942
Article last modified on 04-07-1999
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Money 98 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the new features in Microsoft Money 98.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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New Features in Money 98
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 - Multimedia Product and Feature Tours: Money 98 includes three multimedia
   tours. Sit back and watch a tour of Money 98, online features, and the Goal
   Planner!
 
 - The Money Home Screen: Money Home is the center of your finances. See the
   latest Internet headlines, a personalized financial profile, a summary of
   Advisor FYI, and more.
 
 - The Goal Planner: The Goal Planner in Money 98 is a set of tools designed to
   help you save enough to make ends meet and accomplish your lifetime goals.
   This groundbreaking new feature creates forecasts of your finances, taking
   into consideration your income, goals, savings and investments, budget, and
   debt.
 
 - The Advisor FYI: Receive personalized financial guidance about the state of
   your finances and how you're using Money from Advisor FYI, an intelligent
   advisor. Based on principles suggested by financial experts, the Advisor FYI
   suggests ways to more effectively manage your money and directs you to areas
   of the Money software that can help you.
 
 - Money Insider: Get an education on personal finance. Over 100 articles
   written by experts, plus Home Inventory, Home, Loan, and Tax worksheets.
 
New Features for Accounts
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 - Support for Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs).
 
 - Linking of Loan Accounts to Asset Accounts: You can link your loan accounts
   to the corresponding asset for a more accurate net worth.
 
 - Account Groups define the purpose of your accounts for the Goal Planner. You
   can reassign Account Groups in Account Details.
 
 - Unlimited accounts, payees, and categories.
 
New Features for Investments
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 - MSN Investor Integration: Get extended quotes; use built-in links to Investor
   features, such as automatic news updates and icon alerts when there's news
   about your portfolio; Investment Finder; and Research Central. A six-month
   subscription to Investor is included.
 
 - Support for lots and short sells.
 
 - Brokerage Statement Download: Download your brokerage statements just as you
   can download your bank statements.
 
 - New Views: See your holdings, performance, quotes, fundamentals, positions,
   and portfolio value.
 
New Reports
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 - The Monthly Report: Details this month's spending, shows you how your
   spending and income this month affected your overall finances, summarizes
   Advisor FYI for the month, summarizes investment performance, tells you about
   potential problems with your accounts, and previews next month.
 
 - The Net Worth Over Time Report: Shows your net worth over the past year.
 
New Features for Quicken Conversion
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 - Support for Quicken 6.0 files.
 
 - Support for lots and short sells.
 
 - Support for international conversions.
 
 - Supports VAT amounts and currency types for each type of account.
 
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