How to register a dividend in cash?

[Derek Atkins]

Le Hong Boi <Le.Hong.Boi at bigfoot.com> writes:

> I think that Advanced Portfolio Report should take into account all
> dividends in cash when calculating Money Out and Total Return. Am I
> right?

No.  Dividends are not part of a portfolio.

-derek

> Vào ngày CN , 22/06/2003 lúc 23:42, 1056300177 
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> > The Advanced Portfolio doesn't report dividends.
> > 
> > It will report reinvestment, but a dividend to cash does
> > not affect your portfolio.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> > Le Hong Boi <Le.Hong.Boi at bigfoot.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > I am using GnuCash 1.8.1 on RedHat 9.0. Anyone please tell me how to
> > > register a dividend in cash so that it is counted in the Advanced
> > > Portfolio Report.
> > > My Account Hierachy is as below:
> > > 
> > > +--Assets
> > > |  |
> > > |  +--Investments
> > > |  |  |
> > > |  |  +--Stocks
> > > |  |     |
> > > |  |     +--CII
> > > |  |
> > > |  +--Cash
> > > |     |
> > > |     +--On-hand
> > > |
> > > +--Income
> > >    |
> > >    +--Dividends
> > >       |
> > >       +--Stocks
> > >          |
> > >          +--CII
> > > 
> > > I have some shares in Assets:Investments:Stocks:CII. On Jan 20, I got
> > > some amount of dividend from those share and I registered the
> > > transaction using two accounts Income:Dividends:Stocks:CII and
> > > Assets:Cash:On-hand. The Advanced Portfolio does not counts that
> > > dividend.
> > > What is the correct way to register dividend in cash so that the
> > > Advanced Portfolio report show it?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > 

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