How to see capital gains

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
10 Jun 2001 00:23:00 -0700


On 09 Jun 2001 18:47:37 +0200, Klaus Ridder wrote:
> I'm wondering how I do the following:
> 
> I have a bank account with a bunch of transactions, and a stock account: now
> I buy and sell stocks - quite a lot over time.
> And the end of the year, there are still some stocks left.
> I see the value of these stocks, but:
> 
> 1.) How I want to see what gains I made with these stocks because this is a
> sort of income. But in the income/expense-report these don't appear. How can
> I see them? ("realized gains")?
> 
> 2.) How can I see the difference between what I paid for the stocks that are
> left and what I paid for them? (unrealized gains) ?

Currently there is no report in GnuCash which can calculate
this information. Tracking such information will be one of
the priorities in the next development cycle.

dave