On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:52:11 -0500 Nathan Schwarz <npschw...@cableone.net> wrote:
> I have used kmymoney for a few years for my checkbook but have never > been able to use it for my mutual funds and IRA portfolio. I checked > it again last night and I see some improvements have been made. > However, KmyMoney still doesn't seem to handle mutual funds properly. > > I have set up a mutual fund institution and using the ledger I input > the sale price as a total price for all funds ($2500). I then input > the number of shares purchased (19.901) (Share price should be > $125.620. It would seem more logical to input the sale price and > calculate shares purchased). > The number of decimal places is set in the Investment Details wizard when you set up or edit a security. Look at the fraction setting. Whilst there, look also at the Price entry field, which allows one to select to input either a total amount for a Transaction, or the price per share. You may find additional help in the handbook. > After inputting the total purchase price and the shares purchased > and selecting 'enter' the first thing I notice in the ledger is that > my quantity has been rounded down from 19.901 shares to 19.90 > shares. The second thing I notice is that due to this rounding > change the price has been calculated to be $125.6281 instead of the > the actual price listed on the stock exchange of $125.620. > Finally > in the Balance column and its total at the bottom it shows my > quantity of 19.90 shares as the total dollar amount instead of the > actual dollar amount of $2500. This incorrect total of $19.90 is > then carried to the home page as well instead of showing the actual > value of the fund. I think a total # of shares owned is vital > information, but KmyMoney seems to be mixing it up in place of the $ > amount. > > Please have someone well versed in mutual fund ownership look into > this section of the software to ensure it is handling mutual funds > properly. > > Thank you > Nathan See if that helps, but let us know either way. Incidentally, and in case it may be relevant, what revision of KMM do you use, and what distro/OS? Allan _______________________________________________ KMyMoney-devel mailing list KMyMoney-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel