Stock price changes and asset-equity balance

Maf. King maf at chilwell.net
Sun Jan 3 18:48:38 EST 2010


On Sunday 03 January 2010 15:46:39 Clayton Macdonald wrote:
> I'm a new user who successfully set up an initial group of accounts such
> that assets etc. and equity etc. balanced. Assets consist of stocks;
> equity consists of opening balances. Looked good. Eventually, I updated
> the current prices of my various stocks and mutual funds using the price
> editor. The result was a significant imbalance between assets and
> equity, i.e., a price update affects the value of assets but does not
> seem to affect the value of equity. I am sure there is something very
> obvious that I am missing - or something very stupid that I have done.
> Any suggestions?
>

Hi,

Would this be a case of "unrealised gains"? - Until you actually sell the 
stocks, they only have a theoretical value.

Welcome to the list and GC, by the way.

Maf.




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