I want a solution that will not only look at my daily expenses and income, but also track my investment performances in the stock market ect. I want a good method for tracking all the stocks, bonds, local businesses, :whateverthefuck: institutions I invest in. I'm sick of going to 50 billion websites to see how my stuff is performing.

Will MS Money or Quicken do this for me? or am I better off sticking with excel?

I tried looking at this thread, but I need more than what he was looking for.

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MS money is fantastic for tracking daily expenses. I've never done any stock crud with it, though. It should be OK though.

 

There is a decent review on CNET.com with user reviews as well.

I have Quicken 2004 but haven't actually used it yet (too lazy)

Apparently, Quicken 2004 is better, more intuitive, more features, but they charge for tech support and for online features like billpay, while Money offers that free for a year or two.

I also read the QUicken 2004 has a bug for people trading stocks that has yet to be corrected. For this reason alone, i think you are better off with Quicken 2003 since there are not that many upgrades in the 2004 version.

I actually had Money 2002 and used it for personal budgeting, it was a little but of a hassle to setup, it felt like it should have been easier.