[Kmymoney-devel] Feedback - Funds

[Alvaro Soliverez]

Hello Nathan,
Did you check the precision you are using for the prices? I think your main
issue lies there.

Regards,
Alvaro


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Nathan Schwarz <npschwarz at 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).
>
>  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
>
>
>
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