2 questions on stock prices

[Jon Lapham]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jon Lapham <lapham at extracta.com.br> writes:
>> rneri wrote:
>>> > Hi, I am using Gnucash 1.8.4, and I have set the default currency to
>>> > Euro. First question: how can I persuade Gnucash not to round stock
>>> > prices when I enter a transaction (e.g. 0.9907 is automatically
>>> > changed to 1, which is not what I want)?
>> 
>> Hmmm, well, you could turn on the preferences General -> "automatic
>> decimal point" and set auto decimal places to 4.  This will affect
>> everything you do, however, not just you stock portfolios.
>> 
>> Maybe there is a better way?  I don't know.
> 
> You can check the "fraction" of the commodity...

Hmmm, tried this, didn't work.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.  I set 
the fraction of a stock to 1/10000 then entered a price of 1.001 in the 
register window, the 1.001 turned into "1".

But, if I enter a price of 1.01, it correctly displays "1.01".

Oh, I guess that is because the commodity of the "price" is some money, 
not the stock itself.  Is there a way to change the fraction of the 
money commodity?

>>>Second question: in the Accounts main window, Gnucash shows the
>>>no. of shares; is there a way I can make it show the value (shares *
>>>price) instead?
>>
>>
>>If you have a parent asset account above the stock account which has its
>>commodity set to euros, the value displayed in this parent account will
>>be your stocks*stock price
> 
> 
> There is an easier way: Go to the "Options" of the account tree and
> turn on the "total balance in report currency" column.
> 

Damn, you guys really know what you are doing.  Everytime I find 
something new about GC, I'm more impressed.  Good job!

PS: added this text to the investment documentation on stocks (section 7.4):

The main account window will by show you the quantity of each commodity 
that you own, under the column heading <quote>total</quote>.  In the 
case of stocks, this commodity is the number of shares.  Often, however, 
you will want to see the monetary value of your stocks.  This is easily 
accomplished by entering the account options and select to display the 
<quote>Total in report currency</quote> column.


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