piecash.core.factories module

piecash.core.factories.create_stock_accounts(cdty, broker_account, income_account=None, income_account_types=u'D/CL/I')[source]

Create the multiple accounts used to track a single stock, ie:

  • broker_account/stock.mnemonic

and the following accounts depending on the income_account_types argument

  • D = Income/Dividend Income/stock.mnemonic
  • CL = Income/Cap Gain (Long)/stock.mnemonic
  • CS = Income/Cap Gain (Short)/stock.mnemonic
  • I = Income/Interest Income/stock.mnemonic
Parameters:
  • broker_account (piecash.core.account.Account) – the broker account where the account holding
  • stock is to be created (the) –
  • income_account (piecash.core.account.Account) – the income account where the accounts holding
  • income related to the stock are to be created (the) –
  • income_account_types (str) – “/” separated codes to drive the creation of income accounts
Returns:

a tuple with the account under the broker_account where the stock is held and the list of income accounts.
Return type:

piecash.core.account.Account
piecash.core.factories.create_currency_from_ISO(isocode)[source]

Factory function to create a new currency from its ISO code

Parameters:isocode (str) – the ISO code of the currency (e.g. EUR for the euro)
Returns:the currency as a commodity object
Return type:Commodity
piecash.core.factories.create_stock_from_symbol(symbol, book=None)[source]

Factory function to create a new stock from its symbol. The ISO code of the quoted currency of the stock is stored in the slot “quoted_currency”.

Parameters:symbol (str) – the symbol for the stock (e.g. YHOO for the Yahoo! stock)
Returns:the stock as a commodity object
Return type:Commodity

Note

The information is gathered from the yahoo-finance package The default currency in which the quote is traded is stored in a slot ‘quoted_currency’

Todo

use ‘select * from yahoo.finance.sectors’ and ‘select * from yahoo.finance.industry where id =”sector_id”’ to retrieve name of stocks and allow therefore the creation of a stock by giving its “stock name” (or part of it). This could also be used to retrieve all symbols related to the same company