NSSC Blog: Before You Invest

Bitcoin ATM frauds on the rise

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission has issued several alerts, cautions, and warnings about crypto asset-related frauds in recent years. Canadians continue to lose millions of dollars to these types of fraud. Recently, fraudsters have also been using Bitcoin ATMs or Crypto ATMs to facilitate the theft of money and assets through fraud.

RRSP basics at tax time

It’s the beginning of February and many Canadians are turning their attention to their annual income tax return. When it comes to investing that also means many Canadians are thinking about their Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions. This year the deadline to contribute to an RRSP is March 3, 2025.

The basics of OTC Markets

Recently, during an investor education presentation we were asked about over the counter (OTC) markets. Specifically, we were asked where the OTC markets are and how one goes about trading on them. If one person has this question, they others likely do as well, which is why we’re addressing it in today’s blog post.

2024 Most popular posts and videos

It was another busy year for the Nova Scotia Securities Commission Investor Education office. We debuted several new blog posts and investor education videos, and several pieces of our evergreen content continued to be popular and useful for users of our website and YouTube Channel. Once again, this year we’re going to finish off the year by looking at the investor education content, both written and videos, that generated the most views in 2024.

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Investments Check-up

The calendar will be flipping over to 2025 in a few weeks. The end of the year is often a good time to do a review of your investments to see where you are and to stay on track to reach your investment goals. If you’re planning an end of year investments review here are a few things you may want to consider looking at.

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