Re: [GNC] Stock Name Change Best Practices

2022-07-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Thanks for your perspective on this. With my recent experiences with lots, I think I'll keep this simple. On July 25, 2022 7:01:41 PM GMT+03:00, David Carlson wrote: >To me, the former name and the date of the change are important. It is >easy to add a dummy transaction in the register to

Re: [GNC] Stock Name Change Best Practices

2022-07-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Thanks John. I appreciate it. On July 25, 2022 6:58:12 PM GMT+03:00, john wrote: > > >> On Jul 25, 2022, at 5:58 AM, David T. via gnucash-user >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm seeking advice from the group about the best way to handle a ticker/name >> change for a held stock. >> >> For

Re: [GNC] Stock Name Change Best Practices

2022-07-25 Thread David Carlson
To me, the former name and the date of the change are important. It is easy to add a dummy transaction in the register to record those pieces of information plus whatever other details might be important. Then editing the stock names and tickers allow price downloads to resume. However,

Re: [GNC] Stock Name Change Best Practices

2022-07-25 Thread john
> On Jul 25, 2022, at 5:58 AM, David T. via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm seeking advice from the group about the best way to handle a ticker/name > change for a held stock. > > For example, Facebook renamed itself Meta a while back, and in June they > changed their ticker