[Kmymoney-devel] Feedback - Funds

[Nathan Schwarz]

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




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
>