[GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Morris:

On 2025-03-13 13:58, Morris Beavers wrote:
> ...Accounts tree of Interest:
>
> *Name             *       *Type      *   *Share price*    *Shares held*
>
> Asset                     Asset
>
>      Investments       Asset
>
>          Brokerage1    Asset
>
>              Stock1        Stock         0.31              1250
>
>              Stock2        Stock       28.66                125
>
>              Stock3        Stock       12.35                156
>
> Stocks Total Value = $5896.60
>
> Brokerage has one transaction: Opening Balance = $0.00
>
> Accounts: Total in the Brokerage1 row shows $72,156.64 (expected $5896.60)
> Recommendations to identify and correct the wrong value in Total column of
> Brokerage1.

My suggestion for a next step in investigating this is to add a 
"transaction amount" column to your table above. As we have just 
discussed in another topic, the price in a stock transaction is of 
secondary importance, and often the price reported by the brokerage is 
an approximation. What is primary is the amount of money you actually 
paid, and the number of shares you actually received.

The sum of all the transaction amounts should equal the stocks total 
value in the brokerage account. If it doesn't, then look for why.

Second suggestion is to clarify where you are reading "Stocks total 
value". Is this perhaps in a report, where it is affected by changes in 
the market price for the stocks after you bought them. If so, then of 
course it will vary as the market prices vary.

I hope this helps you figure it out. Best regards,
       —Jim DeLaHunt