Stock Prices

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Mike Roberts" <Mike at roberts-engineering.com> writes:

> When setting up stock price downloads, GnuCash Help suggests that you need
> to list the exchange (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, OTC BB, Other OTC, etc.) in the
> Security Editor.  I am not clear why I need to list the exchange of each of
> my stocks.  I usually have to look it up, and I track a lot of stocks.  I
> tried putting "Stock" in the "Type" field of the Security Editor and it
> seemed to work fine after I added "Stock" to the Quote Editor.
>
>  
>
> Is there any reason I need to maintain the exchange in the "Type" field?

There's no requirement to do so.  It's there to make finding the stocks
easier for you.  But GnuCash doesn't care what you put in there (modulo
a few strings that are 'reserved').

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-derek

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