Our series on prospectus exemptions continues this week with a look at the family, friends, and business associate’s exemption.Under this exemption securities can be sold to the fo...
The Nova Scotia Securities Commission routinely tells investors if someone is offering securities as an investment to raise capital, they must provide them with a copy of a disclos...
A principal-protected note (PPN) is a fixed-income security that guarantees a minimum return equal to the principal amount invested regardless of the performance of an underlying a...
This is another question that we have seen on investing message boards and Facebook pages lately. The question often goes like this: I have total contribution room on my TFSA of $7...
Dollar cost averaging is an investment strategy where an investor divides the total amount to be invested over periodic purchases at specific times. This strategy is an attempt to ...
DeFi is short for decentralized finance. DeFi uses blockchain technology to construct a form of finance that does not rely on the traditional financial intermediaries like brokerag...
While monitoring investing groups on social media and the internet we’ve seen several investors asking questions around taxes and US stocks held in a TFSA. A TFSA is a tax-free sav...
The term alternative trading system (ATS) is used in Canada and the United States to refer to an automated trading system used to match orders from buyers and sellers of securities...
As the name suggests, a Registered Retirement Saving Plan, or RRSP, is meant to be used to fund your retirement. Money contributed to an RRSP and must be converted to: a Registered...
