Re: [GNC] Setting currency on share accounts

2022-04-30 Thread Phillip Duff
Hi, Thanks for your responses. Leaving aside the semantics of whether the real-life situation is that the stocks are held in brokerage accounts or otherwise, I see the way this is done. It is not of course obvious that child accounts take on the currency of the parent. I would certainly like t

Re: [GNC] Setting currency on share accounts

2022-04-28 Thread john
Not quite, on two points. Not all securities are held in a brokerage account. Until a few years ago companies would issue paper certificates to share holders who held stock directly but nowadays those shares are tracked by clearing houses such as State Street Bank. The latter is common for stoc

Re: [GNC] Setting currency on share accounts

2022-04-27 Thread David Carlson
Securities (stocks) are held in brokerage accounts which reside under assets. The brokerage account determines the currency for it's securities and transactions. GnuCash assumes that a given brokerage account deals in only one currency, so another brokerage account is needed for an additional cur

[GNC] Setting currency on share accounts

2022-04-27 Thread Phillip Duff
Hi, I cannot see where you set the currency for a stock account. I have stocks in multiple currencies, but the currency/secuity field seems dual purpose, therefore assumes the stock is in base currency, which is not always the case. Anyone know how to do it? Also, I can’t fund in the documenta