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Basics: What are Actively Managed Funds?

Let’s get back to basics! This series unpacks commonly misunderstood terms so you can level up your financial vocab. Investing is an important part of financial strategy for many Canadians. Investment can take many forms, and you can invest via many different avenues, from buying stocks to opting into a mutual fund. Even buying a bar of gold and burying it in your yard with the expectation of reselling it at a higher price could be considered investing—though it could also be considered a

Basics: What is Nasdaq?

Let’s get back to basics! This series unpacks commonly misunderstood terms so you can level up your financial vocab. Today: Nasdaq! One of those words that looks weirder every time you type it. This will be torture. Nasdaq. Nasdaq. Ugh. Anyways. What is Nasdaq? It was originally affiliated with the governing body that created it, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), but in 2006 it separated to become a national securities exchange independent from NASD. The following year,

How to Invest

Grow your dollars now b/c future you deserves it The stock market is one of those tricky things to wrap your brain around. If we asked you how to invest, could you answer? Not broadly, like, “when you invest you buy stocks and the value of those stocks impacts your wealth over time.” But like. How? What are the steps? What do I click on? We’ll tell ya. There are several points at which you must check your vibes while investing. The first: choosing your interface with the stock market. Uh oh