Investor Information

Canadian Securities Administrators

(CSA)
Title
Getting Started (PDF: 2,950 KB)
Choosing Your Financial Advisers (PDF: 4,572 KB)
How to Avoid Investment Frauds and Scams (PDF: 158 KB)
Investing and the Internet: Be Alert to Signs of Fraud (PDF: 2,874 KB)
The Prospectus: What it is and Why You Should Read it (PDF: 1,995 KB)
Mutual Funds: What You Need To Know (PDF: 211 KB)
Exempt Market Securities: Look Before You Leap! (PDF: 195 KB)
Your Investment Planning Worksheet (PDF: 193 KB)
Characteristics of Various Types of Securities (PDF: 152 KB)

Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador

(SCON)
Title
Retirement Planning (PDF: 68 KB)
Financial Planning (PDF: 66 KB)
Investment Scams (PDF: 1,012 KB)
Future Financial Planning - Training Guide (PDF: 415 KB)
Future Financial Planning - Training Guide with Sample Activities (PDF: 415 KB)

Canadian Bankers Association

The Your Money Network offers a basic understanding of finances - from drawing up a personal budget, to understanding how the Bank Rate of the Bank of Canada affects the cost of a personal loan. The resources will help young people understand the financial world, and their own place in it.

North American Securities Administrators Association

(NASAA)

Investment Fraud Awareness Quiz

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the Canadian Securities Administrators have collaborated on a quiz to help you identify your vulnerability to fraud. Take the 12-question quiz and learn what you can do to avoid becoming a victim of investment fraud.

Senior Investor Resource Center

Education and awareness are your best weapons in the fight against investment fraud. As the oldest international investor protection organization, NASAA is pleased to provide the tools you can use to protect yourself against investment fraud.

Investing On-line Resource Center

(IORC)

The Investing On-line Resource Center is the only independent, non-commercial organization dedicated solely to serving the individual consumer who invests online or is considering doing so.

The IORC is funded by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions and the nonprofit Investor Protection Trust. The Investing On-line Resource Center is an official project of NASAA.