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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 ...

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...

Question of the Week: What is Leverage?

November is Financial Literacy Month

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

Question of the Week: What is the strangle strategy?

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