Get answers to the most common questions about investing here.
Top FAQs
We offer a variety of investment accounts that can help you reach your financial goals faster. Registered accounts let you invest and grow your money while also saving on taxes. Non-registered accounts don’t offer tax advantages but have other benefits, such as freedom to deposit or withdraw as much as you want, when you want.
A cash account is a basic, non-registered account. You can open an individual, joint or corporate account.
A margin account increases your potential buying power by letting you borrow funds against your investments. Learn about margin accounts
You have 3 easy options.
Transfer cash from a bank account. Simply sign on to your Investor’s Edge account and go to Transfers and Exchange. You’ll find everything you need to link any bank account and transfer cash.
Transfer securities and cash from another investment account. You can transfer the entire account, or just some of the securities and cash in the account. Simply sign on to your Investor’s Edge account, go to Transfers and Exchange and select ”Transfer between”.
Yes. Trading in U.S. dollars is easy because all accounts except RESPs automatically come with a Canadian dollar side and a U.S. dollar side at no additional cost. Learn more
Yes. Extended trading hours on U.S. stocks are available from 8:05 am to 6:00 pm ET. This allows you to act on corporate or macroeconomic announcements that might happen outside the traditional trading hours of 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. Learn about the benefits and risks of trading in extended hours.
If you’ve been a victim of fraud, and you’ve met all of your responsibilities, we promise to return 100% of the money you’ve lost from your CIBC accounts. For details, refer to the CIBC Digital Banking Guarantee Opens a new window..
