DIY investors build and manage their own investment portfolios.
Investing
How does market volatility affect your investments?
The stock market fluctuates, sometimes by large amounts. Rapid market swings can make investors anxious. Learn more about volatility.
Understanding active vs. passive investing
Compare active and passive investing, two different ways to approach investing.
National Investor Research Study
Canadians aged 18-34 are the most likely to believe their standard of living will increase in retirement, despite being the least likely to have started saving for retirement of any age group.
Top tips for new investors
If you’re new to investing, keep these tips in mind to help you get started.
Encouraging Retirement Planning through Behavioural Insights
This research report that identifies behaviourally informed ways that government, regulators, employers, and financial institutions can encourage retirement planning.
Getting Started: Human-Centred Solutions to Engage Ontario Millenials in Investing
Millennials face barriers when attempting to learn more about or start investing, as well as tactics for addressing these barriers.
Taking Caution: Financial Consumers and the Cryptoasset Sector
Cryptoassets are designed to serve a variety of purposes. The vast majority of Ontarians are approaching cryptoassets with caution.
Answers to investing questions you may be too embarrassed to ask
Making informed investing decisions includes asking questions.
IOSCO C8 Report on Senior Investor Vulnerability
This report examines the potential issues faced by senior investors around the world and how these can affect their interactions with financial services.
MISSING OUT: Report and Resources
Top reasons non-investor millennials gave for avoiding investing included having other financial priorities, not having enough income or savings, not knowing enough about investing, and concerns about losing money in the markets.
MISSING OUT: Millenials and the Market
The savings and investment
decisions that millennials make will have significant implications not only for themselves, but also for Ontario’s capital markets and its economy.