[GNC] Can Finance::Quote look up bond prices by CUSIP?

[Chris Good]

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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 10:52:18 -0400
From: peterb <peterb at gmail.com>
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Subject: [GNC] Can Finance::Quote look up bond prices by CUSIP?
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Can Finance::Quote be used to look up bond prices? If so, how can I
configure the security in GnuCash to get this done?

A related question is how can I use it to fetch currency prices.

Thanks!

-Peter

Hi Peter,

Yes to CUSIP.
Please see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Finding_the_right_Source_and_Sym
bol

If you have stocks in different currencies (I think this works by checking
the currency of the parent account as stocks have their own
commodity/currency being the stock symbol usually), when you do 'Get Quotes'
in the Price Database, GnuCash will also get any currency conversions
necessary, and they are visible in the Price Database window.

See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Helper_Scripts for
gnc-fq-dump commands for getting currency conversion rates.

They is plenty of other info in the FAQ, see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ

If you cannot get the prices or currency conversion rates you want, please
tell us in this mailing list which specific stocks or currencies you are
after.

Regards, Chris Good