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Feb. 17, 2021

Question of the Week: What are index mutual funds?

We have written a blog post about index funds before, so the latest part in our blog series on the different types of mutual funds will get right to the point.  An index fund ...

Feb. 10, 2021

Question of the Week: What are balanced mutual funds?

The next stop in our look at different types of mutual funds are balanced funds.Balanced funds invest in a mix of fixed income securities and stocks. The balance of this mix could ...

Feb. 3, 2021

Question of the Week: What are equity mutual funds?

We enter February with the next part in our series on different types of mutual funds. This week we’re looking at equity funds.An equity fund is a mutual fund that invests primaril...

Feb. 2, 2021

Student Connections Winter Relaunch!

A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.Throughout the fall term in 2020, staff from the Nova Scotia Securit...

Question of the Week: What are index mutual funds?

Question of the Week: What are balanced mutual funds?

Question of the Week: What are equity mutual funds?

Student Connections Winter Relaunch!

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