Unrealized/Realized Gains and Losses
Robert A. Uhl
ruhl@4dv.net
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:54:24 -0600
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:36:22AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> I agree that you don't necessarily need a new account type to answer
> these questions. Although you _do_ need additional policy information
> for choices such as LIFO,FIFO and you may want a flag to keep track of
> which units have been sold (for brevity of recomputation).
Not just LIFO/FIFO. It's also possible to select which items are
being sold when. With stocks in the US, it defaults to FIFO, but one
can choose to sell any stock one desires.
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Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>
"Oh bother," said the Borg, "We've assimilated Pooh."