GNUCash is making up prices

[Roland Roberts]

>>>>> "Linas" == Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org> writes:

    Linas> On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:08:42AM -0600,
    Linas> ghaverla@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca was heard to remark:

    >> I decide to buy shares such that I am working with fractional
    >> numbers of shares where the fractional part is a ratio of
    >> primes (ignore the integer part).  So, one time I buy X + 1/2
    >> shares, another time I buy Y + 5/7 shares, another time I buy Z
    >> + 13/41 shares, and so

    Linas> I am not sure that I beleive that there is any brokerage in
    Linas> the world that accepts orders of fractional shares with
    Linas> prime denominators (other than 2, 3 and 5).

We're dealing with *Mutual Funds*, not stocks.  I get very odd numbers
of shares, but I have always assumed a different rule, namely that the
amount I paid is exactly correct and that the number of shared I
purchased is exactly correct.  The price is the ratio and is reported
rounded to some nice number for reporting.


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