Chapter 7. Investments

Table of Contents

7.1. Setting Up Accounts
7.2. Creating a Portfolio for Your Current Holdings
7.3. Buying New Investments
7.4. Selling Investments
7.5. Recording Dividends and Interest (How-To)
7.6. Recording Stock Splits and Mergers (How-To)
7.7. Recording Employee Stock Plans (Discussion)
7.7.1. Stock Purchase Plans (How-To)
7.7.2. Stock Options (How-To)
7.8. Managing your Portfolio (Discussion)
7.8.1. Portfolio View
7.8.2. Updating Prices (How-To)
7.8.3. Measuring Capital Gains (Discussion)
7.9. Reconciling with the Brokerage Statement (How-To)
7.10. Putting It All Together

This chapter explains how to manage your investments with GnuCash. Most people have a investment plan, whether its just putting money into a CD account, investing through a company sponsored plan at your workplace or buying and selling stocks and bonds through a brokerage. GnuCash gives you tools to help you manage these investments such as the Price Editor which allows you to record changes in the prices of stocks you own.