Unsuspecting investors in Vancouver Stock Exchange issues have done a double-take when the speculative resource-oriented exchange opened for trading yesterday.

Unsuspecting investors in Vancouver Stock Exchange issues have done a double-take when the speculative resource-oriented exchange opened for trading yesterday. The index measuring activity on the exchange sat at 1098.892, mysteriously up 574.081 points from Friday’s close. But VSE stock prices were unchanged in the cold light of day. Rather, the change in the index represents three weeks of work by consultants, correcting mistakes in index calculation that have been compounding themselves for the 22 months the index has been in operation.