interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)

[Chris Good]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Ridgley [mailto:jridgley2 at austin.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2017 1:36 PM
> To: Chris Good <chris.good at ozemail.com.au>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)
>
> On 02/27/2017 07:26 PM, Chris Good wrote:
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:07:09 -0600
> >> From: Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>
> >> To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> >> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> >> Subject: Re: interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)
> >> Message-ID: <957f2aee-b3cc-b946-06fc-ac34026bdb10 at austin.rr.com>
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> >>
> >> On 02/27/2017 09:43 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> >>> Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> Good afternoon,
> >>>>
> >>>> Just ran a Balance Sheet and an Advanced Portfolio and found
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Account				Balance Sheet 	Advanced Portfolio
> >>>> Total Investments		$553,856.78	$541,590.70
> >>>>
> >>>> Unrealized Gain/Loss		$130,684.25	$171,555.97
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Both reports were run with the same report options, why are they
> >> different?
> >>>
> >>> Are you sure both are using the same "Quote Source"?
> >> Thanks Derek,
> >>
> >> They should be; how would I check?
> >>
> >> I did discover one thing - CASH is NOT included in the Advanced
> > Portfolio...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jay
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jay
> >>>
> >>> -derek
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jay Ridgley
> >> jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
> >> Registered Linux User ID - 9115
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> >> Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320
> >
> > Hi Jay,
> >
> > 'Quote Source' is one of the report options. You probably should use
> > 'Nearest in Time'.
>
> I used 'Most Recent' for both reports. Is that a problem?
>
> All my investments are currently held, there are none that are not active 
> and
> updated daily.
>
> >
> > Cash dividends may not be included as 'income' in the Advanced
> > Portfolio Report unless you add a dummy split to the stock account in
> > the dividend transaction.
> > Please see
> > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/report-
> classes.html#r
> > eport-
> > assets
>
> I am talking about accounts that contain CASH (not invested), those
accounts
> are not included in the report. I have several in my portfolio of 
> investments.
> For example Investments:Retirement:IRA:Cash
>
> >
> > Regards, Chris Good
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Jay
> --
> Jay Ridgley
> jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
> Registered Linux User ID - 9115
> https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png
> Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320

Hi Jay,

AFAIK, Advanced Portfolio Rpt is only for accounts of type 'Stock' or
'Mutual Fund'.
Cash is usually under Assets:Current Assets, not Assets:Investments.

Regards, Chris Good

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