How to handle mutual funds properly - quick question!

[Derek Atkins]

You have done it correctly

-derek

Fredrik Persson <frepe at bredband.net> writes:

> Hi all, newbie gnucash user here.
> 
> 1st: Gnucash is addictive! I never thought keeping track of my money would 
> be something I'd prefer to Midtown Madness III, hehe!
> 
> 2nd: I've got some mutual funds that I want to track correctly. I've set up 
> commodities for each of those, and I've also set up one account for each of 
> the mutual funds. Now, to associate an account with a commodity, I've (by 
> trial and error) come to the conclusion that in the "Edit Account" dialog for 
> the fund accounts, in the field labeled "Security", I've entered the 
> commodity for the fund in question. The "Currency" field I've set to my 
> currency. (Swedish Krona, SEK.)
> 
> Is this correct? Should I've put the commodity in the "Currency" field 
> instead? What is the "Security" field's function for other accounts, provided 
> I did this one right?
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help and assistance.
> 
> /Fredrik Persson
> 
> PS Om det finns någon svensk person på den här listan, som har SE-banken, har 
> ni kommit på hur man hämtar aktuella kurser för deras fonder så att man 
> slipper skriva in dem manuellt?
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