Deposits into mutual funds

[Roland Roberts]

>>>>> "JBW" == JBW  <figure8cutty at bigpond.com> writes:

    JBW> I'm trying to work out how to handle my mutual funds in
    JBW> GnuCash. Each month I deposit say $200 into a managed mutual
    JBW> fund. So I would want to show $200 moving from my Asset:Savings
    JBW> Account to my Asset:Mutual Fund. The problem I have is that the
    JBW> Asset:Mutual Fund is measured in units, not dollars.

    JBW> How do I move $200 from my Asset:Savings Account to my
    JBW> Asset:Mutual Fund when one is measured in $ and the other in
    JBW> units?

Somewhere you have to know the cost of the shares you are buying.  The
default is $1.  That works fine, and I usually got back and edit them
after I get my statements or via my online access.  Make sure you set up
the GC account as a mutual fund.

roland
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