In our last blog and video, Justin and I compared the popular Vanguard and iShares asset allocation ETFs, ...

I received an email recently from Scott, a reader with a great question about index funds and ETFs ...

Back in February, writing about the newly launched Vanguard’s asset allocation ETFs, I asked why it had taken ...

For almost 20 years, the TD e-Series mutual funds have been one of the cheapest and easiest ways ...

In this final post in the series on why international index funds performed so poorly in 2009, it’s ...

Investors using the TD e-Series mutual funds may have noticed an unusual episode at year-end. The TD International ...

Last Saturday’s Globe and Mail featured a story about a retired university professor who has enjoyed staggeringly good ...

Here is part two of my interview with Scott Burns, the newspaper columnist and Chief Investment Strategist at ...

This post is the first in a series exploring common myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing. The goal ...

Rob Carrick is one of a small number of journalists who stand up for individual investors in this ...

Here are the 2013 performance figures for my Model Portfolios. Last year was one of stark contrasts: huge ...

Call off the hounds: I have finally updated my model Couch Potato portfolios for 2015. Full details appear ...

When I wrote the MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio [now out of print], I waited until Chapter ...

Last week’s post about Monte Carlo simulations in financial planning sparked some interesting comments, so I thought a ...

Q: I am ready to follow the Couch Potato and would like to use the US-listed Vanguard ETFs ...

Q: My wife and I have been using the Couch Potato strategy for a few years now, but ...

Should financial advisors be banned from collecting commissions on mutual funds? That’s been hotly debated for years, and ...

John Lawrence Reynolds' newest book, The Skeptical Investor, argues that Canadians were badly served by their advisors during ...

In the last couple of weeks I’ve received two questions from readers who were trying to figure out ...

I’ve always tried to stress that successful investing is about the right process, not the right products. But ...

I used to own one of those one-piece cutlery tools designed for hiking and camping—the kind with a ...

Last January, I overhauled my model portfolios to make them simpler. Some of the older options included small-cap ...

If you’re a parent, how can you set your child on the road to investing success? One popular ...

The latest episode of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast features an interview with Dr. Stephen Wendel, Head of ...

For DIY investors, asset allocation ETFs may be the greatest gift to come along in decades. It’s never ...

It’s easy enough to build an index fund portfolio with your desired mix of stocks and bonds. But ...

It’s been a while since the last new article appeared on the Canadian Couch Potato blog, and over ...

The TD e-Series index mutual funds remain a useful alternative to the asset allocation ETFs that take centre ...

In Episode 4 of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast, I answered the following question from a listener named ...

In my last few posts, I introduced the newly launched Vanguard Retirement Income ETF Portfolio (VRIF), explained where ...