Setting up an investment account

[Elmar Schmeisser]

Your reply fills me with hope - yes, it says USD.  But if I select, say,
FUND, and go to "new"  I hit a dead end.  TSP L-income has no symbol and
no code that I am aware of, nor any quote source.  See
http://www.tspfolio.com/tsplincomefund

I also see "Warning:Finance::Quote not installed properly" - Elmar

On 7/25/2016 8:31 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm back at a keyboard now.
> 
> So if your "Account Type" has "Mutual Fund" selected, then up in the
> Identification section of the Edit Account  dialog should have a
> Security/currency selected -- what is in that box?  My guess is that it's
> USD, which would cause your issue.  If it's NOT USD, then what exactly
> does it say?
> 
> -derek
> 
> On Mon, July 25, 2016 7:55 pm, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
>> Mutual Fund
>>
>> - elmar
>>
>> On 7/25/2016 7:44 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Under Edit Account, what is the Account Type?
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>>
>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>>> To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>, "GNU Cash User"
>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 6:11 PM
>>>
>>> To be specific, this is the federal Thrift Savings Plan, and
>>> specifically the L-income fund, so I have no idea what the "commodity"
>>> is or how to set it.  All I see under "edit account" that might apply is
>>> "smallest fraction - use commodity  value".
>>>
>>> On 7/25/2016 6:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> So account type is mutual fund and the account commodity is....???
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>>>> To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>, "GNU Cash User"
>>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>>>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 5:49 PM
>>>>
>>>> Yes - it is set as a mutual fund
>>>>
>>>> On 7/25/2016 5:33 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>>> Did you set the commodity on the account to your stock/fund?
>>>>>
>>>>> -derek
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>>>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>>>>> To: "GNU Cash User" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>>>>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 5:24 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to set up an investment account that has an opening
>>>>> balance
>>>>> of "x" shares at "y" price resulting in "z" cash value.  But when I
>>>>> enter the actual price per share and the number of shares into the
>>>>> mutual fund line, GC forces the share price to 1 rather than what I
>>>>> entered and teh number of shares to the cash equivalent.  Why does GC
>>>>> do
>>>>> this and how can I get it to let me insert the price per share? -
>>>>> Elmar
>>>>>
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