Rob Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Also, remember that stock is way different than cash in that you
> have "some bought then", and "some bought way back when", when you
> sell. You have to know _which_ shares you are selling, to determine
> how much of a profit there is.
Actually, as far as I can tell, you don't really want to indicate the
profit in the register. That's something that's only calculated
concretely when you go to file your taxes since (in the US at least),
it's up to you to decide whether you want to maximize your profit.
Sometimes you may want to minimize your profit or take a loss (for tax
purposes).
I'm also beginning to think that we may need to make the role of the
"Action" field more prominent and encourage people to use it. Without
concrete knowledge of which things are
purchases/sales/splits/dividends/etc., it'll be hard to generate some
of the more sophisticated reports we might want.
> Also, before this gets implemented, I think there should be some
> thought put into stock options, for we may end up redoing a lot of
> work after we finish this part, and then move on to stock options.
This is probably a good idea, but someone more familiar with options
will have to speak up here...
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