Introducing myself

[Herbert Thoma]

Andrew Sackville-West schrieb:
>> I think there might be scope for several models of calculating returns ;)
> 
> sure. As I said before, maybe not in quite this way, getting a library
> of functions built for analyzing stock/fund data would make it
> relatively easy to generate a whole series of reports that slice and
> dice the information any way you want.

Well, if we want to add yet another external dependency (OK, I admit it
is not so bad any more as it was in the early gnome days ;-)),
QuantLib (http://quantlib.org/) may be worth a try.

> *I* think it might be good to
> break down some simpler reports that focus on just one or two aspects:
> change in value, history of dividends, IRR, maybe a detailed txn
> report shoing the affect on basis, gains, value etc by txn. 

I like this approach.

> What we need is a standard way of examining transactions, making sure
> it aligns with the documents so that users know exactly how to enter
> various txns, so that predictable results can be achieved. That is my
> long term goal with the commodities reporting. 

I agree.

 Herbert.

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