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

This post is the second of three that will look at the potential risks that ETFs may pose ...

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

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

The ongoing popularity of asset allocation ETFs is undoubtedly a good thing—maybe even revolutionary. Canadians have enthusiastically embraced ...

Currency hedging can be confusing for investors who use index funds and ETFs that hold foreign stocks or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

I recently had a chance to interview Ken Kivenko, who runs Canadian Fund Watch and is allied with ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...