[GNC] Cash in investment has a "price"?

[john]

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 4, 2023, at 09:08, Marcus Winston <marcus at thechocolatehouse.net> wrote:
> 
> OK, following up, maybe one last time on this ....
> 
> Seems like this is a bug. It worked fine before, now it doesn't. Is there a way to submit a bug to the Gnucash team?
> 
> -marcus
> 
> On 10/28/23 18:50, Ken Farley wrote:
>> I used to have my cash balance in the Brokerage account, but somewhere along the line I found it "cleaner" (?) to use something like the following structure for my various investment accounts (Brokerage, IRAs, 401(k)s)
>> 
>> *Assets*
>> 
>> *Investments*
>> 
>> *Brokerage Account*
>> 
>> *      = Cash Account =   <-- an account of type "Bank"*
>> 
>> *Security Account A  <-- Stock or Mutual Fund
>> *
>> 
>> *Security Account B  <-- Stock or Mutual Fund*
>> 
>> *etc.
>> *
>> 
>> This structure has worked very well for me. I use the "=" characters around the Cash Account name to force this account to be sorted to the top of the list in the sub-accounts. When I changed the structure, I did something like this:
>> 
>> (1) Added the Bank account to hold my cash balance
>> 
>> (2) Moved all the transactions in the top level "Brokerage Account" (or whatever it is called) to this new Bank account.
>> 
>> (3) Changed the top level Brokerage Account to be a Placeholder account (to keep me from habitually entering transactions into it).
>> 
>> It was kind of a pain to move the transactions, but that's what tea and coffee are for, I suppose...
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