[Kmymoney] Question re: investment entries from a new user of KMyMoney

[Jane Hadley]

Hello - I am switching from Quicken to KMyMoney. So far it looks as if
KMyMoney will meet my needs except for this one issue I am having.

I am using KMyMoney 3.5.10 on a Ubuntu 10.04 Gnome desktop.

I have several mutual funds with Fidelity.  I set up a Fidelity account in
KMyMoney. Then in the ledger, I did a "Buy Shares" and entered the number
of shares and the price per share for my particular fund, say, Total Market
Index. The ledger perfectly reflected this.

That is, for example, it showed 245 shares at $10 a share and a total value
of $2,450. It shows the "Balance" as being 245, so obviously "Balance" is a
share balance, not a value balance.

That's OK with me except that when you go to the Asset view or the Account
view or the Net Worth report, the figures given are the share balances (the
245) not the value ($2,450). And they have dollar signs in front of them,
which is obviously not appropriate for a share balance.

The bar at the top of the Account view gives you a choice of tabs: Total
Value or Total Balance. But both of these show the share balance: 245 for
this mutual fund.

The Net Worth also uses the share balance. It shows a checking account
balance of $1,200, which is correct, but then shows a mutual fund balance
of $245, which is incorrect. The Total Market Index mutual fund balance
should be $2,450 for a total net worth of $3,650, not $1,445. So obviously
I am not getting a valid picture of the value of my assets.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks for any help.
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