Mutual Funds Part 6: Advantages and Disadvantages
In my last 5 blog posts I described a system that I cobbled together for tracking mutual fund accounts in hledger. What are the advantages and disadvantages for this.
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.
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.
2026 New Year’s Wishes
To all who use hledger or other plain text accounting program, I wish you a 2026 where your income increasingly exceeds your expenses. And for the expenses that you.
Thanksgiving greetings
Thanksgiving greetings! Speaking of giving thanks, it’s healthy to think about the things that we are thankful for. They can be material things such as food and shelter. They.
More on limits
Last week I wrote about limits. In short: One dollar is just one dollar. One hour is just one hour. However, the opposite is also true, in the sense.
Halloween and hledger
On a recent walk, my wife and I noticed that the first Halloween decorations have appeared on some of our neighbors’ lawns. Not surprisingly, none of the decorations had.
Human behavior and personal finance
When I work in plain text accounting, it’s often the numbers that are front and center. In contrast, however, when it comes to personal finance, there is a very.
Ledger-mode command saves the day
Sometimes there is an Emacs command that makes delightfully short work of a plain text accounting task. This was the case recently when I was trying to catch up.
Tags transform trip transactions
On a recent trip, I hadn’t bothered to use tags to identify my expenses related to that specific trip. And I wasn’t intending to. All my trip expenses were.