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Mar. 1, 2021

March is Fraud Prevention Month

March is Fraud Prevention Month!Can you spot the red flags of investment fraud? The Nova Scotia Securities Commission will be premiering a new fraud prevention video series on our ...

Feb. 24, 2021

Question of the Week: What are specialty mutual funds?

Our look at different types of mutual funds continues today with specialty funds. The term specialty funds can encompass many different funds, but typically they are less about div...

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 ...

March is Fraud Prevention Month

Question of the Week: What are specialty mutual funds?

Question of the Week: What are index mutual funds?

Question of the Week: What are balanced mutual funds?

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