Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-21 Thread Megan Tilley
Got it - I missed that step --- all good, thanks John! Got there in the end! Thanks! Megan in Sydney On Sun, 22 Sept 2024 at 02:32, John Ralls wrote: > Megan, > > Perhaps it isn’t obvious that after selecting the account type you need to > click the Select button in the Security/Currency ro

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-21 Thread John Ralls
Megan, Perhaps it isn’t obvious that after selecting the account type you need to click the Select button in the Security/Currency row to get the Select security dialog box. One can’t have an account without an associated commodity. It would be a better UI design to disable the OK button when t

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-21 Thread John Ralls
> On Sep 20, 2024, at 22:27, flywire wrote: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-September/113205.html > John > Ralls wrote: > >> ... > > > Posts with links can be opened directly if there is clear space around the > link. Would commodity Wheat be Type Stock? > > While

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread flywire
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-September/113205.html John Ralls wrote: > ... Posts with links can be opened directly if there is clear space around the link. Would commodity Wheat be Type Stock? While this is raised in the context of Managed Funds https://www.gnucash.org

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread John Ralls
That’s not correct. You can create a commodity for anything you like, and BTW you can create any number of namespaces to categorize your commodities. Yes, “commodity” is an overloaded word in English. To market traders it means futures in some physical product: Sow bellies, wheat, steel. In GnuC

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread Megan Tilley
Thank you, Bruce - I guess I will add as Mutuals and track individually... -- Regards, Megan Tilley megan.til...@gmail.com 0409 949 717 --- "He who laughs last probably made a backup." --- On Sat, 21 Sept 2024 at 12:06, Bruce Schuck wrote: > On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:52:40 +1000 Me

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread Bruce Schuck
On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:52:40 +1000 Megan Tilley wrote: I have done so (created the commodity in Tools>Security Editor) however, that process only allows "Stocks" and not a Fund... so - confusion on my part. I have obviously done the creation incorrectly as the 'new' list still does not show

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread Megan Tilley
I have done so (created the commodity in Tools>Security Editor) however, that process only allows "Stocks" and not a Fund... so - confusion on my part. I have obviously done the creation incorrectly as the 'new' list still does not show the additions - snip of Security list and also Account list.

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread Megan Tilley
The fund in question is under one entity (Australian Unity Healthcare Property) but two different funds: - Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust AUS0112AU - Australian Unity Health Care Property Trust Wholesale AUS0037AU My Financial Advisor has stated that it is a managed fund not lis

[GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread flywire
> an Australian Mutual Fund... It is a combination Fund with a primary focus on Property. Mutual fund is a very American term. Can you give an example fund? I assume you are referring to a managed fund that is not directly traded on the ASX, unlike an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund). Regards

Re: [GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread John Ralls
You must first create the commodity in Tools>Security Editor. Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 20, 2024, at 03:16, Megan Tilley wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to create an Australian Mutual Fund entry for my > investments. > > It is a combination Fund with a primary focus on Property. > > When I crea

[GNC] Australian Mutual Funds

2024-09-20 Thread Megan Tilley
Hi, I'm trying to create an Australian Mutual Fund entry for my investments. It is a combination Fund with a primary focus on Property. When I create the Mutual Fund under my Broker Parent Account, I keep getting asked for a "Commodity" but I can not find where to input that, which would be my "