Invest in your Financial Education

Nova Scotians have a chance to have fun playing a trivia contest, win valuable prizes including a wi-fi Kindle, and improve their investing knowledge in the process.

In recognition of Investor Education Month, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission is holding an online trivia contest called Invest in Education. Nova Scotians can enter the contest on the commission's website (www.beforeyouinvest.ca), Twitter (www.twitter.com/B4UInvest) or the commission's Facebook page.

"Our past research tells us investors want unbiased financial information, but don't always know where to find it," said Natalie MacLellan, investor education and communications coordinator. "By using social media, we are taking the information to investors where they already are, rather than waiting for them to find our website.

"We also know that fraud artists are using social media to target investors, so we feel it is important to have a presence there to counteract their tactics."

The commission will post daily investing-related quiz questions through Twitter and Facebook. Entries will also be accepted through the comments section of the Before You Invest blog.

Participants can submit one entry per website, per day, for weekly prizes of personal finance books and resources. A grand prize of an Amazon Kindle WiFi will be drawn from eligible entries at the end of the month.

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is the provincial government agency responsible for regulating trading in securities in the province.