Setting up an investment account

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Mon, July 25, 2016 8:47 pm, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
> 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

then make one up...

>       and
> no code that I am aware of, nor any quote source.  See
> http://www.tspfolio.com/tsplincomefund

Again, not an issue.  It's not a requirement.

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

Also not an issue; a warning you can safely ignore.

-derek

> 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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