Chapter 8 - investment accounts

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Fri, November 8, 2013 2:40 pm, Jamestk wrote:
>
>
> ...almost there..honest.
>
> Could I clarify a few bits please in case entries are not 100% correct.
>
> When entering stock buy/sells, you don't actually fill out the first line
> in
> full (tutorial doesn't specify this) but only the date and description.
> When
> you tab (in splits view) it moves to the next line entering the brokers
> account and sub account which in this case is the stock.
>
> http://gnucash.org/docs/v2.4/C/gnucash-guide/invest-buy-stock1.html#invest-buy-stock2
> <http://gnucash.org/docs/v2.4/C/gnucash-guide/invest-buy-stock1.html#invest-buy-stock2>
>
> The bit that becomes confusing (for me) is the sale part. You enter the
> price and the amount sold which is then posted in the 'buy' column
> together
> with costs? Also when in splits mode it adds another figure (which is the
> amount of shares) in the sales column too.
>
> Is this how it's designed or perhaps my data entry is incorrect?

Most likely incorrect.  For a sale the #shares is negative.

> Cheers, David

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-derek

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