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</li>
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<li><b> <a href="xacc-reports.html">Reports</a>.</b> Display
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or output as HTML Balance, Transaction, andProfit/Loss reports,
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or output as HTML Balance, Transaction, and Profit/Loss reports,
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as well as graphical account balance tracking (requires gnuplot).</li>
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</ul>
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Type</b></a>.</p>
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<p> The <b>Currency</b> field should typically be a <a href=
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"xacc-currency.html#ISOCURR"> three-letter ISO curency code</a>
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"xacc-currency.html#ISOCURR"> three-letter ISO currency code</a>
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(<em>e.g.</em> - <tt> USD</tt> for U.S. Dollars). The <b>
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Account Code</b> is a number that determines the <a href=
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"xacc-groups.html#SORTORDER"> sort order</a> of the account
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when it appears in a report or in the <a href=
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"xacc-groups.html"><b>Chart of Accounts</b></a>.</p>
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<p> The picure below shows an example for a stock or currency
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trading account. Note that the Security field is not greyed
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<p> The picture below shows an example for a stock or currency
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trading account. Note that the Security field is not grayed
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out, and that you can enter a value. That value is typically a
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<a href="xacc-ticker.html"> stock-ticker</a> symbol, or a <a
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href="xacc-currency.html#ISOCURR"> three-letter ISO currency
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@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ are too complicated and confusing to be worth the effort.
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<h1> Prepaid Expenses</h1>
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<p> Analagous techniques are also used for expenses that are
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prepaid.</p>
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<p> Analogous techniques are also used for expenses that are
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pre-paid.</p>
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<p> If you have to pay out down six months of rent in advance,
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that is treated as an "accrued asset."</p>
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<h1>Capital Gains - Asset Appreciation</h1>
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<a name="appr"></a>
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<p>Appreciaton of assets is, in general, a fairly tricky matter
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<p>Appreciation of assets is, in general, a fairly tricky matter
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to deal with. This is so because, for some sorts of assets, it
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is difficult to correctly estimate an increase in value <em>
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until you actually sell the asset.</em></p>
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@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
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market prices may be as simple as calling a broker and issuing
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a <b> Market Order.</b></p>
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<p> On the other hand, homes in your neighbourhood are sold
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<p> On the other hand, homes in your neighborhood are sold
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somewhat less often, such sales tend to involve expending
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considerable effort, and involve negotiations, which means that
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estimates are likely to be less precise. Similarly, selling a
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</li>
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<li>
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You were overoptimistic about the value of the painting.
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You were over-optimistic about the value of the painting.
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<p> Instead of the $16055 you thought the painting was
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worth are only offered $15000. But you still decide to
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<h2>A word of caution</h2>
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<p>Since depreciation and tax issues are closely related, you
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may not always be free in chosing your preferred method. Fixing
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may not always be free in choosing your preferred method. Fixing
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wrong calculations will cost a whole lot more time and trouble
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than getting the calculations right the first time, so if you
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plan to depreciate assets, it is wise to make sure of the
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</ul>
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<p>The engine links together all three of these values <tt>
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(1.0, 150, 0.00667)</tt> permanently and makes it imposssible
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(1.0, 150, 0.00667)</tt> permanently and makes it impossible
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to change one without changing another, so that the grand total
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is always zero, thereby guaranteeing satisfaction of the <a
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href="xacc-double.html#IDENTITY"> double entry accounting
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<li><tt> } , ]</tt> increment month</li>
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<li><tt> { , [</tt> decrment month</li>
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<li><tt> { , [</tt> decrement month</li>
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<li><tt> M , m</tt> begining of month</li>
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<li><tt> M , m</tt> beginning of month</li>
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<li><tt> H , h</tt> end of month</li>
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<li><tt> Y , y</tt> begining of year</li>
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<li><tt> Y , y</tt> beginning of year</li>
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<li><tt> R , r</tt> end of year</li>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Why Use Double Entry Accounting?</h1>
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<p>If you are a beginner, a novice, you need double entry accounting
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to help you avoid beginner mistakes. It will keep you from creating
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an unauditable mess. It will make your life easier, and it will make
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this software easier to understand and to use.
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And if you are an experienced accountant, then you would only turn ill
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at the thought of life without it.
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<h1>What is Double Entry Accounting?</h1>
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<p> Double entry bookkeeping is an accounting methodology
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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ the match value(s) and comparison method.
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</ul>
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<p>If you specify multiple criteria in the search, all of the
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criteria must be true for the transaction to be dispalyed.
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criteria must be true for the transaction to be displayed.
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<a name="accounts"><h3>Account searches</a></h3>
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@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Account" and "My VISA Account" and then choose "All", only transfers
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from Checking to Visa will be shown.
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<p>If you select "Any" from the picker, transactions affecting any
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selected avvount will be shown. For example, if you select "My
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selected amount will be shown. For example, if you select "My
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Checking Account" and "My VISA Account" and then choose "Any", your
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entire checking account and your entire Visa account will be shown
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together in the Search Results window.
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<body>
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<h1>Preferences</h1>
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<p>You can customize the behaviour of
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<p>You can customize the behavior of
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GnuCash by changing the settings in this dialog box.All settings
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are automatically saved so changes are preserved for future
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sessions.</p>
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<body>
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<h1>Preferences</h1>
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<p>You can customize the behaviour of
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<p>You can customize the behavior of
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GnuCash by changing the settings in this dialog box.All settings
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are automatically saved so changes are preserved for future
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sessions.</p>
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QIF files just don't contain enough information to completely and
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accurately reconstruct your Quicken account hierarchy in the GnuCash
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double entry system without some guessing by the import code and some
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handholding by you. QIF files omit small things that can be easily
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hand-holding by you. QIF files omit small things that can be easily
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guessed (for instance, are numbers in decimal-radix [1,000.00 == 1000]
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form or European comma-radix form [1.000,00 == 1000]? Are dates m/d/y
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or y/m/d?) and big things that can't be easily guessed, like, for
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<p>QIF files are plain text files formatted as "tag-value" pairs.
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At the beginning of each line there is a single character "tag"
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followed immedately by the "value", which extends to the end of the
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followed immediately by the "value", which extends to the end of the
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line. Don't be afraid to pop up a QIF file in "less" or the text
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editor of your choice if you are having problems getting some Quicken
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data imported correctly; chances are a simple search-and-replace will
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answer; in that case, you will have to make a manual selection. You
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probably know what the correct radix format is; if you're in the US or
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the UK, it's definitely "decimal". Almost every QIF file I have seen
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in the US is m/d/y for the date format, so try that if autodetect
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in the US is m/d/y for the date format, so try that if auto-detect
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doesn't work.
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<p>To go back to a file that you have previously loaded, select
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<p>Brokerage accounts are really confusing to me. Basically, my
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thinking is that the brokerage account itself should probably be a
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Bank account. The only wierdness is in stuff like dividends paid from
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Bank account. The only weirdness is in stuff like dividends paid from
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securities to the brokerage account. If you're using a Dividend
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account, you can lose the information about where the dividend came
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from. The importer tries to save this information by putting the
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Import Files (QIF). (Note: Only Quicken Version 3.0 QIF has
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been formally tested so far.)
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<p> Note that the QIF format is representive of a somewhat
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<p> Note that the QIF format is representative of a somewhat
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peculiar data model that is not as expressive as one might
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wish; it requires dumping out a separate data file for each
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account, rather than permitting you to have one file that
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transactions from a bank statement. Enter a dollar amount from
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your last bank statement in the box, and then click <tt>
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OK</tt> . The window will then show all unreconciled
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transactions since your last bank statment. The reconcile
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transactions since your last bank statement. The reconcile
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window looks like this:</p>
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<p><br>
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should enter the transaction into GnuCash.</p>
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<p> At the end of the month, you receive your bank statement,
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perhaps including cancelled checks. At <em> that</em> point,
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perhaps including canceled checks. At <em> that</em> point,
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you should "reconcile" the account, that is, agree your
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personal records to the documentation provided by the bank.</p>
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statement, you should click the field between the
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description and payment fields, and it will then change
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from <tt>n</tt> to <tt>c</tt>, indicating the transaction
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has <b>c</b>leared.</p>
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has <b>c</b>cleared.</p>
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<p> You then repeat this for each item that appears on the
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bank statement, verifying that the amounts match with the
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<p>If a GnuCash <a href="xacc-acctypes.html#stockacct">stock
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account</a> is suitably configured, and the host computer is
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connected to the internet, the program <tt>gnc-prices</tt> may
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connected to the Internet, the program <tt>gnc-prices</tt> may
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be used to load stock and mutual fund price quotes from various
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web sites directly into GnuCash.</p>
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at the source sites (otherwise, somebody's reporting wrong
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information!). If you choose Yahoo Europe, you should append the
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market code for the security, such as PA for Paris, BE for
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Berlin, etc. Example: 12150.PA (a Peugot security in the Paris
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Berlin, etc. Example: 12150.PA (a Peugeot security in the Paris
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market).
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<li>Ensure that the currency of the account matches the source
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<tr>
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<td>H</td>
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<td>Hambourg</td>
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<td>Hamburg</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<table>
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<caption>
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Psuedo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes.
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Pseudo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes.
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</caption>
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<tr>
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<th>Name</th>
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<th>Psuedo-symbol</th>
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<th>Pseudo-symbol</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Stock</td>
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<p>Running this command will print various diagnostic messages
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to the screen while it loads data. It will work only when the
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host computer is attached to the internet. It can function in
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host computer is attached to the Internet. It can function in
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conjunction with masquerading-style firewalls and proxy
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servers.</p>
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trading days price data.</p>
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<p>Thus, if <tt>gnc-prices</tt> is run on Friday, Saturday,
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Sunday and Monday, only two price entires will be made: one
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Sunday and Monday, only two price entries will be made: one
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containing Friday's data, and one containing Monday's data,
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since the Saturday and Sunday runs will only retrieve the
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Friday closing price.</p>
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