A stock warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy the underlying stock of the issuing company at a fixed exercise price until the expiry date. Often a stock warrant is issued as a bonus of an equity financing however sometimes a stock warrant is issued as a security by itself. Example: you … Read more
When Canadian listed resource companies from the mining & oil and gas industry turn to the markets in order to raise capital, investors should always be cautious when they do this by offering Flow Through Shares (FTS). Resource companies typically have enormous upfront exploration costs and little or no revenue. Therefore they don’t need the … Read more
Employee stock options are offered to the company’s employees as a form of non-cash compensation. Employee stock options attempt to align the holder’s interest with those of the company’s shareholders. If a company’s stock price rises, holders of the (employee) stock options generally experience a direct financial benefit, especially when the stock price rises above … Read more
One of the first questions I ask myself when analysing a company’s financial statements is: “How Many Outstanding Shares Does this Company Have?” Shortly followed by: “How Does the Share Structure Looks Like?” When you dig into the accompanying notes to the share capital, which you will find in the annual and quarterly financial reports, … Read more
Every investor should monitor their stock portfolio closely. Every press release, blog post or other media release can have an enormous effect on the value of your individual stock holdings. Therefore it is very important to receive news about the companies in your portfolio as soon as possible. On this page I describe how to … Read more
Assuming that you are able to justify the investment(s) you make by impersonal, objective reasoning, every investor still knows that there is a degree of risk involved when an investment has been made in a certain company. This is what I refer to as the risk of your personal stock holdings. I distinguish two types … Read more
In this article: “Insider Trading USA” I will reveal the 3 free resources for tracking the change in American insider ownership. In addition, I will also inform you how I use these resources myself, which you can read in the notes at the bottom of this page. 1. Insider-Monitor.com For tracking the insider trading in … Read more
In this “Insider Trading Canada” article I will reveal the 3 free resources for tracking the change in Canadian insider ownership. In addition, I will also inform you how I use these resources myself, which you can read in the notes at the bottom of this page. 1. TMXmoney.com To track the insider trading in … Read more
Insider trading is legal, as long as this trading is done in a way that does not take advantage of non-public information. In order to prevent illegal insider trading the regulators have adopted some insider trading rules. As an investors, I appreciate the insider trading rule which oblige corporate officers, key employees, directors or significant shareholders to report their … Read more
As I primarily invest in the American and Canadian stock markets, I will limit the scope of this article to the resources which reveal where you can conduct a company ownership search for the stocks listed on the exchanges in these countries. When you conduct a company ownership search for a specific stock on all … Read more