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Guide · 6 min read

How to Read SEDI Filings — A Practical Guide for Canadian Investors

Transaction codes, cluster patterns, where SEDI falls short, and how to combine it with EDGAR Form 4 for dual-listed names.

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Analysis · 7 min read

TSX-V Delisting Risk: 9 Red Flags Worth Knowing

Float concentration, NI 51-102 timeliness, auditor downgrades, promotional NLP — the structural patterns that precede TSX-V suspension.

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Primer · 8 min read

Cross-Listed Arbitrage Explained: TSX/NYSE Spread Math

What FX-adjusted spread really measures, why a 2% gap usually isn't tradeable, the cost stack that eats it, and USMCA tax-treatment context.

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Guides & Explainers
Canadian Tax · 11 min read

The Superficial Loss Rule: Canada's Wash-Sale Trap Explained

Canada's superficial loss rule (ITA 54, 40(2)(g)) denies capital losses on quick rebuys. How affiliated persons, ACB add-back, FX and the 61-day window work.

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Mining Research · 11 min read

How to Read an NI 43-101 Technical Report: Junior-Miner Red Flags

How to read an NI 43-101: qualified persons, resource categories, PEA vs feasibility, cut-off grade, gram-metres, recovery, AISC, and junior-miner red flags.

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Quant Models · 10 min read

Altman Z-Score, Explained: Reading Bankruptcy Risk With the Exact Formula

The Altman Z-Score explained: a full worked calculation, the Z, Z' and Z'' formulas and bands, accuracy and failure modes, plus how it fits with other models.

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Cross-Border Investing · 10 min read

TSX or NYSE? Where to Buy a Dual-Listed Stock (Norbert's Gambit and the Real FX Cost)

TSX vs NYSE for dual-listed stocks: how fungible shares, currency, and withholding tax differ, plus Norbert's Gambit and the DLR/DLR.U conversion method.

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Halal Investing · 9 min read

AAOIFI vs Dow Jones vs MSCI: How the Three Sharia Screening Standards Differ

AAOIFI vs Dow Jones Islamic vs MSCI: how Sharia stock screens differ on debt and liquidity ratios, denominators (market cap vs total assets), and purification.

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Quant Models · 10 min read

The Beneish M-Score, Explained: Why a High Earnings-Quality Score Usually Isn't Fraud

The Beneish M-Score explained: its 8 variables, the −1.78 threshold, a worked DSRI/GMI/SGI example, why fast-growing companies flag, and how it pairs with Altman.

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Mining Research · 10 min read

AISC Explained: The Mining Cost Metric That Shows Who Survives a Downturn

AISC explained: how all-in sustaining cost builds from C1 cash cost, how the mining cost curve ranks producers, and what AISC margin and breakeven mean.

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Stock Screening · 10 min read

How to Screen Canadian Stocks (TSX & TSX-V): A Practical Guide

Screen TSX and TSX-V stocks the right way: liquidity floors, junior-miner distress filters, dividend tax rules, academic risk models, and Canadian pitfalls.

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Quant models · 10 min read

The Ohlson O-Score, Explained: A Logistic Model for Bankruptcy Risk

The Ohlson O-Score is a nine-variable logistic model that estimates a company's probability of default. Learn the formula, a worked example, and its limits.

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Quant models · 9 min read

Piotroski F-Score, Explained: 9 Checks for Fundamental Strength

The Piotroski F-Score rates a company 0-9 on nine accounting signals of profitability, leverage and efficiency. Learn all nine tests with a worked example.

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Quant models · 10 min read

Merton Distance-to-Default Explained: The Market-Based Bankruptcy Model

A plain-English guide to Merton distance-to-default: how equity becomes a call option on a firm's assets, how DD converts to a default probability, and its limits.

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Canadian Tax · 9 min read

US Dividend Withholding Tax for Canadians: RRSP vs TFSA vs Taxable

How the 15% US dividend withholding tax works for Canadians, why an RRSP is exempt, why a TFSA is not, and how ETF structure quietly reintroduces the tax.

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Canadian Tax · 10 min read

Flow-Through Shares in Canada: How the Tax Deduction Actually Works

How Canadian flow-through shares work: the 100% CEE deduction, 15% METC or 30% CMETC credits, and the zero-cost-base rule that turns the benefit into a capital gain.

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Cross-Border Investing · 10 min read

Norbert's Gambit: The Complete Guide to Low-Cost CAD–USD Conversion

Norbert's Gambit lets Canadian investors convert CAD to USD for a few dollars instead of a 1.5–2% broker spread. Here's the full step-by-step with DLR/DLR.U.

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Halal Investing · 10 min read

Halal ETFs Compared: Sharia-Compliant Funds for North American Investors

A plain-English comparison of halal ETFs for US and Canadian investors: SPUS, HLAL, SPRE and more, the Shariah indices they track, fees, and purification.

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Mining Research · 11 min read

P/NAV Explained: How to Value a Mining Stock on Net Asset Value

Learn how P/NAV values mining stocks: how net asset value is built from a life-of-mine DCF, typical multiples by company stage, and a worked example.

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