This is the final post in a series of three looking at the potential risks that ETFs may ...

Earlier this week I described how several US and international equity index funds get their market exposure by ...

One of the most difficult tasks in building a portfolio is finding asset classes that do not move ...

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

In the brief time they’ve been around, asset allocation ETFs have transformed the way DIY index investors manage ...

This post is part of a series called Under the Hood, where l take a detailed look at ...

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

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

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

Today we take it for granted that virtually all mutual funds and stock pickers are trying to earn ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...