Self-directed investing is becoming increasingly popular with new and long-time investors. Join us as we walk through assessing if this investing approach is right for you and the fundamentals to opening a trading account, researching and trading investments and avoiding common DIY investing mistakes.

Presenter: James MacTavish

James is a Senior Advisor of Investor Education at the Alberta Securities Commission. He leads investor and consumer education initiatives designed to help Albertans strengthen their investment literacy and protect themselves from investment fraud. Before joining the ASC, James worked for nearly a decade in the rapidly changing technology space, delivering communications and marketing campaigns for global technology companies.

James holds a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Calgary.

This session will NOT be recorded.