Balance sheet report and Unrealized gain

Fabrice Gautier fabrice.gautier at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 00:08:21 EST 2008


Hi,

I have trouble understanding the Balance sheet report when I have
stock buy and sell.


My test ledger is pretty simple.
I have one Income account, a Bank Type  account ("checking") and a
stock account ("GNU" for a fictional  GNU stock)
Transactions are:
01-01 : Salary : Income  to Checking : 5000 USD
01-02:  Buy Stock : Buy 40 GNU stocks @ 50 USD
01-04:  Sold Stock : Sold 40 GNU stocks @ 100 USD


When i generated the balance sheet report on 01-05 I always see
- retained earning: 5000 USD
- unrealized income: 2000 USD

Why is the "income" from the stock trade still classified as
"unrealized" income even after it is really sold ?

Thanks

-- Fabrice


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