Penny, if you go to yahoo and search the full company name you'll get the us otc symbol (if there is one) for a canadian stock. For some reason Ameritrade search won't work but etrades usually does. Yahoo almost always does.
I own qute a few and the us price is now about 13% lower than the $C price. (Stockhouse lets you convert currencies). But you have to pay up a penny or two to bribe the dealer to buy and you'll seldom sell at the high.
Century Mining CMM.V is my largest holding and the us is CMNZF.pk (not that you should join us us-stuckholders).
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