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Part of the capital market established to buy and sell short-term financial obligations. These include federal government treasury bills, short-term Government of Canada bonds, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances and guaranteed investment certificates. Longer-term securities are also traded in the money market when their term shortens to three years.

A security issue that is newly added to the list of tradable security issues of an exchange. It is accompanied with a new listing date.

Commonly refers to the situation where the number of issued securities equals the number of outstanding securities. However, under certain corporate statutes in Canada, an issuer may have issued securities and then repurchased those securities without cancelling them. In that case, the securities are issued but are not outstanding. As a result, the number of issued securities does not equal the number of outstanding securities.

Corporate bonds with poor credit ratings. 

A real estate investment trust (REIT) whose primary business is investing in real estate loans. 

A location on a Web site dedicated to the discussion of a particular topic, usually a single stock or industry sector. Discussions are not real-time. Someone posts a message, and then others respond over a period of hours or days.

An issue that is recorded on the transfer agent’s electronic book rather than being held as a physical note.

The trading status of a listed or formerly listed issuer. Issuer status types include: delisted, listed, suspended, and trading.

Company with market capitalization greater than $8 billion.

As of the last date of the last reported fiscal quarter.