mutual fund purchase doesn't reduce cash balance

[Derek Atkins]

Jason Mclaren <gnucash at fnord.ca> writes:

> Description Transfer                Shares Price Buy Sell Balance
> Buy         <blank>                 5            5        15
> Buy         Assets:Broker:FOO965    5      2     10
> <blank>     Assets:Broker:Cash                       10
> <blank>     <blank>                        1
> 
> This is how it appears in the Cash account in split form:
> 
> Description Transfer                Shares Price Buy Sell Balance
> Buy         <blank>                                       10
> Buy         Assets:Broker:FOO965
> <blank>     Assets:Broker:Cash
> <blank>     <blank>

Uhh, wait... If the Cash account is type Bank then it shouldn't have
Shares/Price/Buy/Sell columns, it should have Deposit/Withdrawal
columns.

> I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.  Is there some additional
> currency conversion I need to do?  Are the accounts denominated in the
> correct commodities?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How did you enter the transaction?

> --jason

-derek

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