interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)

[Jay Ridgley]

On 02/27/2017 07:26 PM, Chris Good wrote:
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:07:09 -0600
>> From: Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>
>> To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: interesting Figures (Shouldn't They Match?)
>> Message-ID: <957f2aee-b3cc-b946-06fc-ac34026bdb10 at austin.rr.com>
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>> On 02/27/2017 09:43 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Good afternoon,
>>>>
>>>> Just ran a Balance Sheet and an Advanced Portfolio and found
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Account				Balance Sheet 	Advanced Portfolio
>>>> Total Investments		$553,856.78	$541,590.70
>>>>
>>>> Unrealized Gain/Loss		$130,684.25	$171,555.97
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Both reports were run with the same report options, why are they
>> different?
>>>
>>> Are you sure both are using the same "Quote Source"?
>> Thanks Derek,
>>
>> They should be; how would I check?
>>
>> I did discover one thing - CASH is NOT included in the Advanced
> Portfolio...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jay
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jay
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>
>>
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>> Jay Ridgley
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>
> Hi Jay,
>
> 'Quote Source' is one of the report options. You probably should use
> 'Nearest in Time'.

I used 'Most Recent' for both reports. Is that a problem?

All my investments are currently held, there are none that are not 
active and updated daily.

>
> Cash dividends may not be included as 'income' in the Advanced Portfolio
> Report unless you add a dummy split to the stock account in the dividend
> transaction.
> Please see
> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/report-classes.html#report-
> assets

I am talking about accounts that contain CASH (not invested), those 
accounts are not included in the report. I have several in my portfolio 
of investments. For example Investments:Retirement:IRA:Cash

>
> Regards, Chris Good
>

Cheers,
Jay
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