[GNC] What is the difference between Account types "Stock" and "Mutual fund"?

[Derek Atkins]

Pretty much the only distinction is the UI labels.
-derek
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On August 13, 2022 21:53:17 Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnucash at jdlh.com> wrote:

> Hello, folks:
>
> I am starting to read more closely the GnuCash instructions for tracking
> investments, after a long time bumbling along tracking current assets,
> but not really investments.
>
> Now I read in the instructions "9.4.1. Setup Accounts for Stocks and
> Mutual Funds"
> <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/invest-setup1.html#invest-setup-stockaccounts2>
> that when I create a sub-account of a brokerage account, denominated in
> a particular security, I should set the Account Type to either "Stock"
> or "Mutual Fund".
>
> Is there any difference in how GnuCash treats accounts of those two
> types?  Or is the distinction just documentation?  I suppose it is not a
> problem to select type "Stock" for my stocks, and "Mutual Fund" for my
> mutual funds.  I also have Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), for which there
> is no specific account type. Does it matter which type I pick for ETFs?
>
> The Account Type documentation at "Table 5.1. Types of GnuCash Accounts"
> <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/acct-types.html#TypeAccounts>
> describes types "Stock" and "Mutual Fund" differently. However, it does
> not say that GnuCash treats the types differently. Below that table, it
> uses the same wording to describe the possible child accounts of the two
> types.
>
> Is there a functional difference in how GnuCash treats accounts of type
> "Stock" and "Mutual Fund"?
>
> Thank you,
>      —Jim DeLaHunt
>
>
>
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