Isn't this "unrealised gains/losses"?
Jai: the "proper" way to record transactions during shorting is still
unsolved, but should be similar to buying/selling stock, except the
balances are negative. Broker expense fees remain positive.
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, 10:28 am Geoff, wrote:
> Hi
Hi Christopher
Thanks for pointing out these issues.
My reasoning for the need to book a future liability for a short sell
was to record the obligation to deliver the short sold stock at a future
date. Perhaps "contingent liability" would be a better term?
Anyway, I'll leave that to the
RE: Enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash
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Subject: [GNC] Enable Onl
Hi Geoff
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, 9:27 am Geoff, wrote:
>
> Gnucash will permit you to run a negative balance on a stock, see
> attached screenshot.
>
The UI will allow you to record transactions when short-selling, but bear
in mind:
- the current portfolio and advanced portfolio reports cannot
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From: Jai Rao
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Subject: [GNC] Enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash
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Sir / Madam,
I am trying to enable Online
Hi Jai
It looks like the installation of the perl module Date::Manip which is
required for Finance::Quote did not complete successfully. This seems
to be a common problem on Windows - see for example this thread:
