Many international equity ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. For example, the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ...

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

Jason, a reader of this blog, recently wrote to ask why an investor would want to invest in ...

In my last post I reviewed the returns of my model ETF portfolios in 2021. Now let's take ...

ETFs are on the hot seat these days. On Wednesday, a US Senate subcommittee held a hearing to ...

Just about everyone was happy to wave goodbye to 2020. By the spring it was shaping up to ...

Here are the 2014 returns for my Model Portfolios. The data below are from the funds' websites whenever ...

I know very few people who began their investing lives as Couch Potatoes. Most started out in mutual ...

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

Last week, Advisor.ca published a debate under the heading “Faceoff: Index, friend or foe?” The arguments against passive ...

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging ...

Q. Have you ever done any calculations into the optimal time to purchase index funds or ETFs based ...

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

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 ...

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

If your investments include RRSPs, TFSAs and taxable accounts, asset location is an important consideration. The returns of ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...