[Kmymoney-devel] Reconciliation of Investment Accounts

[Ian Neal]

  Jack wrote:
> On 2010.06.03 18:09, Ian Neal wrote:
>>   Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone attempted this?
>>
>> I must have done in the past as it gives a last reconciled date (though
>> I think that is the same date as when I first imported all my data).
>>
>> Each time I try it now it says I have a difference even though the start
>> balance and end balance appear correct. I ran a report to give me the
>> value at both the start and end dates. The only issue I can see is the
>> report is to 2 decimal places and the investment is to 4 decimal places.
>>
>> Help!
>
> It looks like the last time I reconciled an investment account was 
> 12/31/2009, so I may have some work to do before I can try again.  
> Also - I assume you mean the investment account itself, and not the 
> brokerage account?  My investment account shows last reconciliation 
> 12/31/2009 - but all the transactions before that date are still 
> marked "C" and not "R" - so I wouldn't be surprised if something funny 
> is going on.
>
> Anyway - what balance are you using in an investment account?  The 
> only thing that would make sense is the number of shares of each 
> individual investment.
>
> Have I completely missed something here?
>
> Jack
Yes, it is the investment account which has 3 different stocks in it.

Question is, how do you know which stock you are balancing or is it the 
totals of them all at different points in time?

Ian