AUDIT: r23591 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - bug 688968 - Investment documentation improvements for chapter about selling shares.
Cristian Marchi
cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Sun Dec 22 11:32:27 EST 2013
Author: cmarchi
Date: 2013-12-22 11:32:26 -0500 (Sun, 22 Dec 2013)
New Revision: 23591
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/23591
Modified:
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstock.png
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstock2.png
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstockLoss.png
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstockLoss2.png
Log:
bug 688968 - Investment documentation improvements for chapter about selling shares.
BP
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml 2013-12-21 15:09:13 UTC (rev 23590)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml 2013-12-22 16:32:26 UTC (rev 23591)
@@ -1377,7 +1377,8 @@
<title>Selling Shares</title>
<para>Entering an investment you are selling is done in the same way as
- buying one except the total cost of the transaction is entered in the
+ buying one (see <xref linkend="invest-buy-new2" />) except the total cost
+ of the transaction is entered in the
<emphasis>Sell</emphasis> column and the <emphasis>Shares</emphasis>
column is entered as a negative amount. The net proceeds from the sale
should be transferred from the stock account to your bank or brokerage
@@ -1432,7 +1433,7 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Bank</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Bank ABC</entry>
<entry></entry>
@@ -1446,50 +1447,51 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
- <entry>-NUM_SHARES</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
- <entry>SELL_PRICE</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>PROFIT</entry>
- <entry>GROSS_SALE</entry>
+ <entry>(Loss)</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
+ <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry>PROFIT</entry>
+ <entry>COMMISSION</entry>
- <entry>(Loss)</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Income:Capital Gains</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>-NUM_SHARES</entry>
+ <entry>SELL_PRICE</entry>
+
<entry></entry>
- <entry>(Loss)</entry>
-
- <entry>PROFIT</entry>
+ <entry>GROSS_SALE</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
+ <entry>Income:Capital Gains</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>COMMISSION</entry>
+ <entry>(Loss)</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>PROFIT</entry>
</row>
+
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
@@ -1501,8 +1503,9 @@
<sect2 id="invest-sellexample2">
<title>Example - Sale of stock with profit</title>
- <para>As an example, assume you bought 100 shares of a stock for $20 per
- share, then later sell them all for $36 per share. In the split
+ <para>As an example we will use the AMZN account created in the previous section.
+ So you bought 100 shares of AMZN for $20 per
+ share, then later sell them all for $36 per share with a commission of $75. In the split
transaction scheme above, PRICEBUY is $20 (the original buying price),
NUM_SHARES is 100, TOTALBUY is $2000 (the original buying cost),
GROSS_SALE is $3600, and finally PROFIT is $1525
@@ -1533,7 +1536,7 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Bank</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Bank ABC</entry>
<entry></entry>
@@ -1545,51 +1548,51 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Brokerage Account:Stock:AMZN</entry>
- <entry>-100</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
- <entry>36.00</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry>1600.00</entry>
+
<entry></entry>
-
- <entry>3600.00</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
+ <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry>1600.00</entry>
+ <entry>75.00</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Income:Capital Gains</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Brokerage Account:Stock:AMZN</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>-100</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>36.00</entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>1600.00</entry>
+ <entry>3600.00</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
+ <entry>Income:Cap Gain (Long):AMZN</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>75.00</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>1600.00</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -1597,10 +1600,14 @@
<screenshot id="invest-sellstock">
<mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock.png" format="PNG"
- srccredit="Dave Herman" ></imagedata>
- </imageobject>
+ <imageobject role="html">
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock.png" format="PNG"
+ srccredit="Cristian Marchi" width="510px"></imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
+ <imageobject role="fo">
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock.png" format="PNG"
+ srccredit="Cristian Marchi"></imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Selling Stock Example</phrase>
@@ -1613,10 +1620,14 @@
<screenshot id="invest-sellstock2">
<mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock2.png" format="PNG"
- srccredit="Dave Herman" ></imagedata>
- </imageobject>
+ <imageobject role="html">
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock2.png" format="PNG"
+ srccredit="Cristian Marchi" width="510px"></imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
+ <imageobject role="fo">
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_sellstock2.png" format="PNG"
+ srccredit="Cristian Marchi"></imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Selling Stock Example</phrase>
@@ -1631,11 +1642,12 @@
<sect2 id="invest-sellexampleloss">
<title>Example - Sale of stock with loss</title>
- <para>As an example, assume you bought 100 shares of a stock for $100
- per share, then later sell them all for $50 per share. In the split
- transaction scheme below, PRICEBUY is $100 (the original buying price),
- NUM_SHARES is 100, TOTAL_BUY is $10,000 (the original buying price),
- (Loss) is $5000, and finally GROSS_SALE is $5000. Assume the commission
+ <para>As an example we will use the AMZN account created in the previous section.
+ You then have bought 51.7598 shares of IBM for $96.6001
+ per share, then later sell them all for $90 per share. In the split
+ transaction scheme below, PRICEBUY is $96.6001 (the original buying price),
+ NUM_SHARES is 51.7598, TOTAL_BUY is $5,000 (the original buying price),
+ (Loss) is $341.62, and finally GROSS_SALE is $4658.38. Assume the commission
was $100.00.</para>
<table>
@@ -1663,71 +1675,75 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Bank</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Bank ABC</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>4900.00</entry>
+ <entry>4558.38</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Brokerage Account:Stock:IBM</entry>
- <entry>-100</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
- <entry>50.00</entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>5000.00</entry>
+ <entry>341.62</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Assets:Stock:SYMBOL</entry>
+ <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>100</entry>
+
<entry></entry>
-
- <entry>5000.00</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Income:Capital Gains</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Brokerage Account:Stock:IBM</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>-51.7598</entry>
+ <entry>90.00</entry>
+
<entry></entry>
- <entry>5000.</entry>
-
- <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry>4658.38</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Expenses:Commissions</entry>
+ <entry>Income:Cap Gain (Long):IBM</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>100</entry>
+ <entry>341.62</entry>
- <entry></entry>
+ <entry>0</entry>
</row>
+
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
- <para>Note: You may either enter the loss as a positive number in the
+ <note>
+ <para>You may either enter the loss as a positive number in the
<quote>buy</quote> column or as a negative number in the <quote>sell</quote>
- column, <application>&app;</application> will move the <quote>negative profit</quote> to the other column.</para>
+ column, <application>&app;</application> will move the <quote>negative profit</quote>
+ to the other column.</para>
+ </note>
<screenshot id="invest-sellstockLoss">
<mediaobject>
@@ -1741,8 +1757,8 @@
</textobject>
<caption><para>Above is a screenshot of the example of selling
- stock. You bought 100 shares for $100.00 per share, and sold for
- $50.</para></caption>
+ stock. You bought $5000 worth of IBM shares with a stock value of
+ $96.6001, and sold for $90.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstock.png
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Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstockLoss.png
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Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/figures/invest_sellstockLoss2.png
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