October 1st kicks off two special events on the investor education calendar. It is the start of IOSCO’s World Investor Week and the beginning of Investor Education Month.Throughout...
The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) has been in the news lately, leading to a reader wanting to know more about the organization.Founded in 1996 and then know...
In pop culture you may have heard the term “stock options” bandied about. In TV shows or movies someone gets a job and it’s the best because they get employee stock options. So, in...
A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is a plan offered to equity investors that allows them to reinvest their dividend payments instead of receiving it in cash. The dividends are re...
In last week’s blog post on mutual funds and ETFs we mentioned Net Asset Value (NAV). Now a few of our readers want to learn more about it. Net asset value is the value per share o...
There are a number of similarities and differences when it comes to mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The key similarity is of course that both are a collection ...
We continue to get questions from investors regarding investment fees. The latest question was about loads. Specifically, one reader wants to know what a load is. We’ve outlined a ...
Last week we talked about RESPs and that led a reader to wondering what happens to the money in an RESP if their child doesn’t go to college or university? It’s definitely a possib...
There was some media coverage on RESPs this week leading to some of our readers wanting more information on these type of investment accounts.A registered education savings plan (R...
Last week Facebook made business news headlines after a colossal decline on the New York Stock exchange saw its share price fall by nearly 20 per cent in one day. Throughout the me...
