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Nov. 25, 2020

Question of the Week: What is the RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan?

The real estate market in many parts of Canada, and Nova Scotia, is booming right now which has led to a question about the RRSP Home Buyers Plan (HBP).The Nova Scotia Securities C...

Nov. 18, 2020

Question of the Week: What is a reverse stock split?

In a previous blog post we looked at stock splits. Recently in the news a few companies announced reverse stock splits, which led to this post.In a regular stock split a company di...

Nov. 4, 2020

Question of the Week: What is Leverage?

In a recent blog post we used the term leverage. One of our readers was looking for a more definitive definition of leverage and how it works. The Nova Scotia Securities Commission...

Nov. 2, 2020

November is Financial Literacy Month

November is Financial Literacy Month across Canada. Financial literacy organizations will be running campaigns and programs coast to coast throughout the month and the Nova Scotia ...

Question of the Week: What is the RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan?

Question of the Week: What is a reverse stock split?

Question of the Week: What is Leverage?

November is Financial Literacy Month

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