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Our blog is entitled Before You Invest and is intended to provide investors with information they can use to make more informed decisions before they make an investment. What we’ve never really done is talk about what things you should do financially before you invest at all.
Here are a few things you may want to consider before you start investing that can get you started on more stable footing and help improve your long-term outlook.
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Recently we received a question about covered call ETFs, especially what they are and how they work.
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Our Financial Literacy Month blogs about investing basics conclude this week with a look at alternative investments. Investing in alternative investments has become more popular with novice investors despite the fact alternative investments carry higher risks compared to more common investments like ETFs, bonds, and GICs..
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Our Financial Literacy Month blogs about investing basics continue this week with a look at fixed-income securities.
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Our Financial Literacy Month blogs about investing basics continue this week with a look at cash and cash equivalents.
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For Financial Literacy Month we’re looking at some investing basics that could be helpful if you’re just getting started with investing, or if you’ve been investing for years. We’re starting out today by looking at why you should invest.
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November is Financial Literacy Month! Throughout the month the Nova Scotia Securities Commission will be sharing investor education content on our website, social media channels, and in person to help Nova Scotians make more informed investing decisions.
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Part of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission mandate is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions. You can find all the alerts we’ve issued for the last seven years on our Investor Alert Database.
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This week we conclude our short series on the gamification of investing with a look at a few behavioural techniques with gamification connections that are commonly used by investment platforms.
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This week we’re starting a quick two-part series on gamification in online investing. The advent of smart phones and investing apps that provide investors with direct access to the markets has allowed many people to invest more easily than ever before.