Some managed accounts not only have a registered symbol but are also price reported . If yours is not reported you could make up a symbol and still call it a mutual fund. Then, of course, you would enter prices manually.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 1:13 PM rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks David. The reason I wanted to use the Portfolio reports was to > show ROI. > > > > *From:* David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2020 7:42 PM > *To:* rsbrux <rsb...@yahoo.com> > *Cc:* GnuCash List <gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to treat managed accounts or funds with fixed > price > > > > Portfolio reports only show security accounts, not generic asset > accounts. Use a different report to show asset balances. > > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 11:35 AM rsbrux via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > Based on advice received previously on this list, I have stopped > following the individual equities in my managed investment accounts and > instead adjust the total value of the account periodically. The accounts > are represented in GC as generic "Asset" accounts. > > However, at least in GC 2.6.19, this results in the accounts being > excluded from portfolio reports, even if I check "Include accounts with > no shares" on the general tab of the report configuration. If I seect > the managed accounts, they are unselected as soon as I click "Apply". > > Do later versions of GC handle this differently, or do I need to find a > workaround? IF so, what approach is recommended? > > The situation is somewhat similar to investing in funds with a fixed > share price (such as money market funds, whose price is usually fixed at > USD 1). In this case the fluctuation in value is reflected in the > number of shares. > > The advice I have seen on handling money market funds in GC is to simply > treat money market funds as bank accounts, but this will also prevent > them from appearing in portfolio reports. > > Do I need to create a fictitious equity to represent each managed > account? If so, which equity type should I use? > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
