Price Source for Mutual Fund and Stock

[Fred Bone]

On 19 March 2008 at 9:26, Yogesh Agrawal said:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a question regarding the price for mutual fund and stock, that
> show
> up on different reports like balance sheet.
[...]
> I have two entries in the mutual fund
> 
> 1) 117.428 unit @ 53.98       = 6338.76
> 2) 135.725 unit @ 191.628   = 26008.77
> 
> When I select Weighted average I see total of
> 
> 253.153 unit and total amount as 29286.59
[...]
> The question I have is how is the weighted average calculated
> and how can I get the total amount as  32347.53 (6338.76 + 26008.77)

When I enter the figures you give, and run a Balance Sheet report, it 
shows 32347.53 as the value.

This happens whether or not there are entries in the Pricedb.

I am using gnucash 2.2.4 for Windows on WinXPPro-SP2.