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

Here's part two of my interview with Jaime Purvis, Executive Vice-President, National Accounts, for Horizons ETFs. (See part ...

Not so long ago, ETFs were simple and transparent. But with the tremendous growth in the industry, ETFs ...

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

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

Here's part two of my interview with Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, who manages both the ...

Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making ...

The numbers are in and no one is shooting the messenger this year. If 2018 was disappointment—returns were negative ...

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

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

Your eyes open slowly, and the light stings your retinas. Your mouth is burning with thirst, your muscles ...

This has been a scary few months in the markets, and nervous investors may be tempted to second-guess ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...