Hi. This is neither a gnucash nor accounting question. Gnucash can handle either approach.
To answer your q literally, no it is not necessary, and for most of my holdings I do NOT record individual stocks. Rather I record deposits to this type of account as debits, and withdrawals from the account as credits. Moreover, I track realized and unrealized gains and other taxable income as debits to this type of asset account and credits to various types of income or equity accounts. (reverse that for losses). But your system, your choice. On Mon, May 4, 2026, 8:37 AM Wm Tarr <[email protected]> wrote: > If there is a single value for the whole thing I'd be inclined to treat > it as a mutual fund rather than recording a myriad of individual > stocks. Doe that make sense in terms of what reporting you get after > each bunch of purchases? > > Wm > > > On 2026-05-03 22:36, Louise wrote: > > I have a managed investment account where I deposit funds monthly, and > > someone, or AI, decides what stocks to buy. > > > > So far, in GnuCash, I have just been transferring my deposits to the > > appropriate account. When the dividends are paid out I have simple > > been allocating the amounts to a plain account per stock. > > > > Should I be treating these "purchases" as stocks, or is this not > > necessary? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Louise. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
