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

David T. sunfish62 at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 14 01:59:55 EDT 2022


And I designate ETFs as Mutual Funds...

On August 14, 2022 5:44:55 AM GMT+03:00, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>Pretty much the only distinction is the UI labels.
>-derek
>Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>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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