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Oct. 28, 2020

Question of the Week: Can you day trade through your TFSA?

We’ve got another reader question this week. One of our readers is interested in trading stocks but had a question after reading some posts on an investing Facebook group that they...

Oct. 21, 2020

Question of the Week: What is the strangle strategy?

The term strangle strategy appeared in some local news articles recently and it led to a reader asking what exactly the strangle strategy is.The Nova Scotia Securities Commission d...

Oct. 14, 2020

Question of the Week: What is a margin call?

Last week we discussed margin accounts. This week we’ve been asked about a specific part of margin accounts, margin calls.The Nova Scotia Securities Commission does not provide inv...

Oct. 7, 2020

Question of the Week: What is a margin account?

A margin account is a brokerage account in which the broker loans the investor money to purchase stocks and other investments. The investments purchased and money remaining in the ...

Question of the Week: Can you day trade through your TFSA?

Question of the Week: What is the strangle strategy?

Question of the Week: What is a margin call?

Question of the Week: What is a margin account?

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