Stocks, advanced portfolio and multi-currency

[Wm...]

Sat, 7 Nov 2015 02:02:14 <1446890534421-4681392.post at n4.nabble.com>
giulc <giuliocv at ymail.com> wrote...

>Mike Alexander wrote
>> You're talking about the case where the currency used to purchase the
>> security is not the same as the report's currency, right?
>
>Mike,
>that's correct. E.g. it happens for a bond which can be bought using one's
>EUR bank account but which has AUD as trading currency. Indeed the security
>is priced - and reported by the Yahoo quotes - in AUD, and then converted
>into EUR currency (the original currency in which one wants the reports, the
>"Basis" currency) to have an idea of the possible today's gain/loss. It's
>something that everyone's bank account with an investment portfolio usually
>does live.
>
>I presume the right process should be: Gnucash should get the EUR and the
>AUD the day(s) of the "buy" transation(s) - one or more if any - and
>calculate the "Basis", which never changes, then use today's (or last
>downloaded..) AUD-EUR exchange + today's stock price in AUD to convert
>today's value in EUR as output for the Investment Portfolio Report.
>How shall I do to propose the patch? Should I get into Gnucash code? I hope
>not...

Dear giulc, you have ignored the significant part of MikeA's post and 
said your part instead.  That is bad manners as you should have read all 
of MikeA's words.

Don't be surprised if no-one comments on your problem further.

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Wm...