A Brief Overview on Trading on the TSX

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A Brief Overview on Trading on the TSX
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Canada is one of the significant countries for
investors from all over the world due to its
massive natural resources and mining industry.
Among the several stock exchanges in the country,
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is the most
popular. Also, TSX is among the largest stock
exchanges within North America in terms of
listings and is the eighth largest in the world
in terms of market capitalization.
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TSX houses the highest number of mining and
energy companies as compared to any other stock
exchange throughout the world. According to
reports, the Toronto Stock Exchange comprised
more than 1500 companies as of 2017 worth a total
of 1.77 trillion in market capitalization.
Listing requirements on the TSX vary with the
type of company. Companies need to meet specific
criteria. For instance, mining companies need to
meet specific property, work programs, and
capital requirements before listing. Similarly,
gas and oil companies must meet working capital
and financial requirements.
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If you are learning to trade on TSX, then you
need to understand that trading and investing in
TSX listed companies can be accomplished via
online brokerage accounts. However, in such
cases, the commissions are more than that of
domestic trades but are much reasonable as
compared to the traditional stockbrokers. Make
sure to consult your accountants or investment
professionals for learning tax implications
before investing. Top Stocks Listed on TSX The
TSX consists of many largest natural resources
companies in the world. Some of those top
companies include Royal Bank of Canada (RY),
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), Potash Corp. of
Saskatchewan (POT), Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) and
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).
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• A Few Facts about TSX
• TSX is for companies having more than 7.5
  million in net tangible assets. And the companies
  with less than the amount can go for TSX Venture
  Exchange (TSXV). A total of 3,985 companies are
  listed on both the exchanges, out of which 1,561
  are on TSX and 2,424 on the TSXV.
• TSX not only lists the companies, but at the end
  of last year, there were 174 exchange-traded
  funds (ETFs) listed on TSX. ETFs are stocks that
  track an index. In the year 2000, only our ETFs
  were listed, whereas, by 2010, the number of ETFs
  on TSX grew by 4,250.
• TSX is 150 years old! The TSX was created in
  October 1861 by 24 men. In the beginning, only 18
  stocks were listed on the TSX, out of which most
  were banks and real estate companies. During that
  time, there was daily one trading session of
  30-minute held where only a few transactions used
  to take place.
• TRAIN2INVEST simplifies learning to trade on the
  TSX by delivering a step-by-step learning process
  that breaks down complex subject matter into
  manageable, bitesize pieces of information.

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