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Securities transactions
This section describes all aspects of securities transactions in a Bourstad simulation, both transactions carried out following transaction orders given by participants and transactions resulting from dividends or splits.
Type of portfolios and categories of securities
The participants in the Bourstad Challenge are divided into two types of portfolios. The selection of securities proposed for the Bourstad Challenge includes 17 categories of securities or financial assets.
Securities of the Bourstad Portfolio
Which securities may trade the manager of a Bourstad portfolio.

Securities of the Bourstad Portfolio

Which securities may trade the manager of a Bourstad portfolio.

The Bourstad Portfolio, or Core Portfolio, is made up of 495 real securities traded on the Canadian and US equity markets.

These securities fall into six broad categories categories.