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May. 7, 2025

Psychology of Investing: Overconfidence bias

The third part of our Psychology of Investing series takes a closer look at overconfidence bias. Overconfidence can be extremely dangerous when you’re investing as it can lead to f...

Apr. 30, 2025

Regulatory Review: Feb – April

Our latest regulatory review looks at all regulatory releases and notices issued by the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) since Feb...

Apr. 23, 2025

Psychology of Investing: Herding behaviour

The second part of our Psychology of Investing series takes a closer look at herding behaviour. Everyone likes to think they are their own person and that they would not get swept ...

Apr. 16, 2025

Reduce debt or invest?

Canadians are carrying around a lot of debt. According to Transunion, the average balance on Canadian credit cards in the third quarter of 2024 was $4,562. That was up nearly seven...

Psychology of Investing: Overconfidence bias

Regulatory Review: Feb – April

Psychology of Investing: Herding behaviour

Reduce debt or invest?

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