How to Stay Informed on the Securities Marketplace
While all Canadian securities regulators have websites, the information contained on those websites varies from region to region. Some provinces have allocated more resources to providing investor-focused content in a highly accessible fashion compared to others. For example, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), British Columbia Securities Commission (BSCS) and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) have each put together excellent resource sites for investors.
Some of the online strategies you can use to stay informed are:
- Visiting Canadian securities regulators’ websites regularly
- Registering for a newsletter/email alert service (if available)
- Following them on social media (if available)
To help make the process of staying informed easier, we’ve created a special section on SparxTrading.com that lists of all the different securities regulators’ website sections for investors, as well as created a twitter channel of Canadian securities regulators (and their investor-oriented partners) that are on twitter and put together a Youtube channel that contains many of the investor focused materials produced by the various agencies.
Staying informed about the Canadian securities markets, the rules of the marketplace and the activities (good and bad) of the market participants is one way to be proactively informed about investing – something Canadian securities regulators are actively trying to encourage. Not only will being a better informed investor help to protect your portfolio, it can also help to ensure that all participants are playing on a level playing field.
To visit our special section on Canadian securities regulators’ resources for investors click here.