GC seems to changes stock purchase prices

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, March 1, 2017 10:28 am, Fross, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've noticed something as I've started to use GC for my investments.  When
> I manually enter a mutual fund purchase, it often changes the price I paid
> slightly.
>
> For example, if you look at the attachment, I made several purchases of a
> mutual fund at a price of $94.43.  However, when I enter in the
> transactions, one time it put $94.4301.  Another line it put $94.4298.
>
> If I attempt to change them it reverts back when I leave the cell.
>
> I'm sure it's something I have setup incorrectly and I'd appreciate any
> help from the community.  It's causing my numbers to not match up with my
> brokerage and while it's a small amount, it's frustrating.
>
> I thought it might be setting the smallest fraction to 1/100 was it, but I
> need my shares to be in 1/1000, I just want my price to be in two digits
> past the decimal.
>
> Thanks all for any thoughts or ideas.

Gnucash only stores #shares and total value.  The share price is *ALWAYS*
computed.  What you're seeing is rounding effects due to this.

Don't worry about the price.  Ensure the #shares and total value is correct.

>
> Michael

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-derek
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