Student Connections Winter relaunch 2024
Submitted by nsscadmin on
A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.
NSSC Blog: Before You Invest
Regulatory Review: October - January
Submitted by nsscadmin on
Our first regulatory review of 2024 looks at all regulatory releases and notices issued by the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) since October 2023.
RRSP refresher
Submitted by nsscadmin on
We’re nearing the end of January which likely means that a lot of Canadians are starting to think about their tax return. It also means a lot of Canadians are thinking about their Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). At tax time you may see several ads on TV, radio, online or in print reminding you that the RRSP contribution deadline is coming up.
2024 Winter/Spring Library Presentation Schedule
Submitted by nsscadmin on
The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is returning to the Halifax Central Library for more investor education presentations in 2024, and we’ll also be hitting the road to visit the South Shore Library system, specifically the Margaret Hennigar Library in Bridgewater.
It’s tax time. What about my investments?
Submitted by nsscadmin on
The calendar has flipped over to 2024 which means for most Canadians it’s tax time. If you’re an investor that may mean you need to declare some of your investment gains on your tax return. Today we’ll give a brief overview of a couple of tax considerations that may come up on your tax return if you’re an investor.
2023 Investor Alerts and Cautions review
Submitted by nsscadmin on
The principal mandate of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions.
Happy Holidays from the Nova Scotia Securities Commission!
Submitted by nsscadmin on
There will be no Before You Invest blog post this week as we take a short break for the holidays.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year everyone!
2023 Investor Education review - Most popular posts and videos
Submitted by nsscadmin on
The year has flown by and there are only 11 days left in 2023. Instead of throwing some new investor education (IE) content at you to finish off the year, we searched through our analytics data to find out what our most popular blog posts and videos were this year.
Before You Invest….
Submitted by nsscadmin on
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.
What are covered call ETFs?
Submitted by nsscadmin on
Recently we received a question about covered call ETFs, especially what they are and how they work.