Setting up an investment account

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

I'm back at a keyboard now.

So if your "Account Type" has "Mutual Fund" selected, then up in the
Identification section of the Edit Account  dialog should have a
Security/currency selected -- what is in that box?  My guess is that it's
USD, which would cause your issue.  If it's NOT USD, then what exactly
does it say?

-derek

On Mon, July 25, 2016 7:55 pm, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
> Mutual Fund
>
> - elmar
>
> On 7/25/2016 7:44 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Under Edit Account, what is the Account Type?
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>> To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>, "GNU Cash User"
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 6:11 PM
>>
>> To be specific, this is the federal Thrift Savings Plan, and
>> specifically the L-income fund, so I have no idea what the "commodity"
>> is or how to set it.  All I see under "edit account" that might apply is
>> "smallest fraction - use commodity  value".
>>
>> On 7/25/2016 6:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> So account type is mutual fund and the account commodity is....???
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>>
>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>>> To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>, "GNU Cash User"
>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 5:49 PM
>>>
>>> Yes - it is set as a mutual fund
>>>
>>> On 7/25/2016 5:33 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> Did you set the commodity on the account to your stock/fund?
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>>> From: "Elmar Schmeisser" <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>
>>>> To: "GNU Cash User" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>> Subject: Setting up an investment account
>>>> Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 5:24 PM
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to set up an investment account that has an opening
>>>> balance
>>>> of "x" shares at "y" price resulting in "z" cash value.  But when I
>>>> enter the actual price per share and the number of shares into the
>>>> mutual fund line, GC forces the share price to 1 rather than what I
>>>> entered and teh number of shares to the cash equivalent.  Why does GC
>>>> do
>>>> this and how can I get it to let me insert the price per share? -
>>>> Elmar
>>>>
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