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

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 ...

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

Asset allocation ETFs were revolutionary when they appeared in 2018, but they were hardly the first products that ...

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

Think about all the elements you need to be a successful index investor. First, you need to choose ...

The investment industry never misses an opportunity to take credit for outstanding performance. In fact, many mutual fund ...

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

Advocates of active management admit that only a minority of mutual funds will outperform their benchmarks, but they ...

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

Just how well are mutual fund investors faring in Canada? That question isn’t as straightforward as it may ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...