Residual value after removing all shares from investment

[timothy]

Yes, I need to move the balance of shares not a specific transaction,
but thanks for the suggestion Michael.

I have tried a Buy/Sell, but the same thing occurs. There is actually a
fractional part of a share (0.0003) that cannot be accessed by three
digit precision. 

I found that I could display more digits of shares by altering the
'Fraction' under Edit Investment/Investment Details/Fraction. But the
software chops off the actual value after 'Enter'.

The strange thing is although I cannot access this fractional part of a
share it still used in calculating the residual value of the portfolio.

LMDE 2 does not use qt5 and requires a major overhaul to get KMM 5.0.1
working on it. It is my operational system so I do not want to mess with
it. LMDE 3 is scheduled to be out pretty soon and should be based on the
Debian which uses qt5, but I cannot find a definitive spec on it.

So I guess it is wait and see.
Regards


On Wed, 2018-04-18 at 14:47 -0400, Jack wrote:
> [Please consider trimming the original to only show the relevant part  
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> 
> I'm pretty sure this will not do what Timothy wants.  If you simply  
> move the purchase transaction from one account to the other, there will  
> be no history of those shares ever having been in the first account.   
> If that is acceptable, then it would certainly work.  This is a known  
> issue, and although I do not see a wish list filed for it, it is likely  
> something that will be addressed when the entire handling of  
> investments is revised.  Unfortunately, it is not clear how soon this  
> is likely to actually be done.
> 
> Another possible workaround would be to sell the shares in the first  
> account, using the same price as at purchase.  That should get the  
> value of the account to zero.  Then purchase the shares in the second  
> account at the same price.  The problem with that is that it introduces  
> an incorrect point in the price history, and does not retain the actual  
> acquisition date of the shares.
> 
> Separately, I'm pretty sure the issue of rounding error has already  
> been addressed, so I would strongly suggest upgrading to 5.0.1.   
> Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the LMDE distro, and because I do  
> see a note that it is not compatible with PPAs, I don't know if there  
> is a packaged version of 5.0.1 available for you.  Might you be able to  
> compile it yourself from the tarball?  That's probably your best bet if  
> you can't find a suitable .deb package.
> 
> Jack
> 
> On 2018.04.18 13:09, Michael Carpino wrote:
> > Instead of using the Add/Remove option have you thought about using  
> > the
> > Move transaction?  When you right-click the transaction for a buy or
> > reinvestment the software allows you to move the transaction to  
> > another
> > account.  With the move feature, it allows you to maintain the  
> > original
> > purchase value.
> > 
> > On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 6:00 AM, <kmymoney-request at kde.org> wrote:
> snip...
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> > >    1. Residual value after removing all shares from investment  
> > (timothy)
> > >
> > >  
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:45:44 +0200
> > > From: timothy <timboyle at afrihost.co.za>
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > KMM Version 4.8.1-ebeeced071
> > > Linux Mint Debian Edition 2
> > >
> >> I am transferring shares from an investment in one account to the  
> >> same investment in a different account. There is no sell/buy of  
> >> shares, just a share transfer. Since there is no transfer option in  
> >> investments I decided to use the Add/Remove option.
> > >
> >> However when I 'removed' all the shares from the first investment,  
> >> the Investment Value remained at 7 cents although the number of  
> >> residual shares was zero.
> > >
> >> I have a price precision of 4 digits, but the number of shares  
> >> precision is only 3. This is rounded off from the input precision of  
> >> 4 digits. I cannot find any way of changing this precision. It would  
> >> seem that this is the reason for the residual 7 cent value since  
> >> this is the only numerical variable input in the 'remove shares'  
> >> option.
> > >
> >> Anyone have any ideas? The residual value means I cannot close this  
> >> investment and account.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Timothy