Should ASSET_DIVIDEND signatures be considered similarly to regular dividends in cash flow?

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Should ASSET_DIVIDEND signatures be considered similarly to regular dividends in cash flow? #23

Open scanta2 opened 1 year ago

scanta2 commented 1 year ago

Hello,

ASSET_DIVIDEND is not treated like a regular dividend, and I can't separate them in cash flow plots, nor in return calculations. Is that done on purpose?

Splitting the transaction in two legs works (dividend to cash account, and cash account to asset) as expected.

d-k-c commented 8 months ago

Hello,

I +1 this issue. I think I'm running into the same issue where the return is not computed as I would expect and I couldn't find the reason why in the "Beancount - Calculating Portfolio Returns" document. At least if it's on purpose, it would be nice to document the reasons behind that.