Charles

That is why I am reading the books. I am halfway through the second book. 

These are the textbooks for the Canadian Securities Course. This course is required for all FAs in Canada. One of the reasons I like them are they are unbiased. They do not push any one style of investing at you. They just present the facts. 

These books are free but they don't include all the materials that would be included in the course. You have to pay for that.  But there are 800 or so pages of good information that pertains to the Canadian markets. 

Here is a link that gets you to both texts. 

https://elearning.csi.ca/shared/products/CSC/2013/EN/CSC_Textbook/Textbook.html