[Kmymoney-devel] Feedback - Funds

[Alvaro Soliverez]

Hello Nathan,
check your settings for Price precision.
Also, update to latest version (4.6.3) at your best convenience. You are
using a beta version that is over 2 years old. :)

Regards,
Alvaro


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Nathan Schwarz <npschwarz at cableone.net>wrote:

> Thank you both for replying.
>
> FYI - I am using KmyMoney 3.98.1 on Mepis 11 (Debian Squeeze based)
>
> I was able to get the Quantity corrected to show the proper decimal point.
>
> I also realized the reason my quantity of shares was becoming my fund
> value was because KmyMoney had current market value set at $1 per share.
>  Once I updated the current market value, things made more sense.  I will
> play with KMyMoney some more and see if I have any other issues.  Thank you
> very much for your prompt replys and for the excellent software.
>
> Nathan
>
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> On 03/25/2013 03:16 PM, aga wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:52:11 -0500
>> 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).
>>>
>>>  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
>>
>>
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