Newbie Qs

[Keith Iosso]

Thank you Derek, that further clarifies things for me.  So far, it works
and I'll give it more of a whirl soon. 

Keith 
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> > 1. a portfolio account that has various stocks and also holds cash, 
> 
> Nope, this should be a Bank or Asset acocunt.
> 
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> > If I can't represent currency as the commodity in a stock account as
> > described above, how would that work?
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
> Brokerage1     (type = Asset; commodity = USD)
> +- Stock1      (type = Stock; commodity = SUNW)
> +- Stock2      (type = Stock; commodity = RHAT)
> +- Stock3      (type = Stock; commodity = LNUX)
> 
> -derek