[GNC] Setting up gnucash / stocks

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 27, 2024, at 7:28 AM, Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz <wp.rauchholz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello community!
> 
> I am running the latest gnucash under Fedorca Core.
> Finance::Quote is installed and I get quotes for Funds and Stocks.
> 
> EUR is the System Currency. The Stock Quotes are in USD
> 
> Did I set up the initial balance correctly for Stocks (please see
> attached screenshot)? I used the Stock Assistant whose transactional
> currency is in EUR, but the stock quotes are in USD. Does this work?
> 
> 
> The reporting of the values in EUR does not seem to be correct. How do I set
> up currency correctly? In my setup, is USD or EUR the Security?
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 

You need to create a USD-denominated account of type Assets and make it the parent of the Danaher account.

Regards,
John Ralls