Price Source for Mutual Fund and Stock

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Mar 21 10:05:01 EDT 2008


Fred,

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

> 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.

Using what "Price Source" configuration in the report?

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-derek

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