Mutual funds part 3: money market funds
This is part of a series showing how this non-accountant decided to track mutual fund accounts in hledger. The goal was to come up with something that I could.
Accounting for a mutual fund, part 2
Question: What happens when this hledger fan receives a dividend from a mutual fund? Answer: He says to himself, “How am I going to enter this in my plain.
Accounting for a mutual fund
I am a fan of hledger because of the great job it does organizing my finances. What I am not is any kind of expert about double entry accounting..
Hallucinating history of hledger
Below is a history of hledger, as if it were written by a hallucinating AI. The inspiration for this post comes from a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/CSm1bMT_R6g?si=O6aUjIvHFO9vTe5K. In it the.
The hledger transaction that never happened
Sometimes the best hledger transaction, at least for expenses, is one that never occurs. For example, our living room floor lamp broke, so it was time to shop for.
Faster Git/Magit workflow
When I save my hledger data files, I use Git, via Magit, for version control. My personal accounting data is too valuable to trust to simply overwriting the same.
Feeling like a million dollars
Do you want to feel like you have a million dollars? In a recent Longview podcast, psychologist Andy Reed mentioned that having an emergency fund of $2,000 gave an.
Following my own advice
Last November in this blog I wrote that if you are going to start using hledger, you will likely do well to start with small steps. I mentioned setting.
Why My Cash Tracking Method Makes Sense for Me
There are two common ways to track cash in hledger. One is to have a separate account for cash and keep track of each time you spend or acquire.
An Easy to Read Report Is a good Report
One challenge for me is finding ways to effectively communicate hledger information. That is, sometimes you need something other than a standard hledger report. Of course, many times the.