GC seems to changes stock purchase prices

[Fross, Michael]

Thanks Derek,

I'll go through the funds again and ensure that the Shares/Value is 100%
accurate and not loose sleep on the price.

I appreciate the help (and the time you and the GNC team puts in to make
this fantastic software available to all of us.)

Michael

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> 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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