The Ontario Securities Commissions has launched a new interactive quiz — “Spot the Bull or Bear the Consequences” — to help investors determine if their behaviour makes them susceptible to investment fraud.

The interactive quiz, set to upbeat music, asks 44 questions that assess an investor’s investment knowledge and behaviours, their comfort with risk taking and fraud vulnerability.

Once the questions are completed, a computer program instantly rates and weights the answers and provides participants with rankings of above-average, average or below-average on the three main areas: investment knowledge and behaviour, risk taking and fraud susceptibility.

Investors can then review online or print their results which include further insights into each question they answered, tips on how to change their behaviour to protect themselves from investment fraud and educational information of value to all investors.

The quiz is part of a continuing commitment of the OSC to protect investors through investor education initiatives.