[GNC] Stock Split assistant

[Keith Bellairs]

Two things.
1. The number of shares field is parsed according to the preference. In my
case that means that "4000" is parsed into "40.00" I like not having to put
in the decimal point when entering currency values.
2. I had the "fractions traded" on my stock set to 1/1. In that case the
stock split assistant interpreted "40" as "0.40". A value less than 1 whole
share was discarded by the split tool. When I changed the security
fractions to 1/100, a split of "40" yielded 10.40 shares, as expected.

Keith


On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 9:55 AM Ove Grunnér <write2ove at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if that is related to "Fractions Traded" on the particular Share.
> if you open "Security Editor" and check, do you have "1/100" as "Fractions
> Traded"?
>
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 16:09, Keith Bellairs <keith at bellairs.org> wrote:
>
>> I have found that the "Shares" field in the Stock Split Details window
>> parses the entry according to my numbers preference for currency value
>> entries. For example, entering 4000 is parsed into 40.00. (My preferences
>> in General -> Numbers is set to automatic decimal point.) If I enter "40"
>> without a decimal point the transaction is treated as a no-op because the
>> stock is set up to only trade in whole numbers. 40 is parsed as 0.4.
>>
>> Anyway, I spent some time thinking the stock split tool did not work. Just
>> a data entry issue. Apple and Tesla are doing forward splits at the end of
>> the month so the stock split tool is useful.
>>
>> Keith
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