Problem Creating Stock Account

[Derek Atkins]

"Fred Bone" <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> writes:

> On 25 Jun 2007 at 11:32, Derek Atkins said:
>
>> "Fred Bone" <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> writes:
>> 
>> >> What am I doing wrong?
>> >
>> > You're not - it is. Either it should be possible to select a "Currency" 
>> > for a placeholder Stock account - in which case it should let you do so - 
>> > or it should not - in which case the Druid's setup file is wrong.
>> 
>> Nope, gnucash is doing it right, exactly how it's supposed to work.  A
>> stock account indeed requires a non-currency commodity.  This is not a
>> bug.  If you want to have a parent account then don't make it of type
>> Stock.  Make it type Asset (or, as you suggest, type Bank).
>
> So the Druid *is* getting it wrong, as I suggested.

yes, the druid does get it slightly wrong..

> The account structure the Druid creates if you select "Investment 
> Accounts" is
>  Assets
>  ..Investments
>  ....Brokerage Account
>  ......Bond
>  ......Market Index
>  ......Mutual Fund
>  ......Stock
> and both the "Bond" and "Stock" accounts are of type "Stock" and are 
> denominated in the selected Currency.

Yes, and that's wrong; the druid lets you select the commodity
but doesn't force you to like it should.

-derek

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