account types for investment gains and losses

[Derek Atkins]

"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering what people normally use to represent investment gains and
> losses. For mutual funds, for example, when funds gain or lose value, what
> account type to you attribute those gains and losses to/from?

Nothing.  Until they are realized there's no entries into your
datafile except PriceDB entries.  The reports will tell you your
current holding value, but there IS no gain/loss until you sell.

-derek
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