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

I happened to have Google Finance open on my computer last week when the “flash crash” happened. While ...

Two of the biggest trends in investing these days are the popularity of one-fund portfolios and the focus ...

On Monday I wrote about managed futures, a strategy that can add a layer of diversification to a ...

Are asset allocation ETFs cheap, well-diversified and convenient? Absolutely. Are they optimally tax-efficient? Perhaps not, though any tax ...

Investors using the TD e-Series mutual funds may have noticed an unusual episode at year-end. The TD International ...

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

On Tuesday, February 16, Berkshire Hathaway will become part of the S&P 500, the most widely followed stock ...

There are countless books laying out the case for index investing, but as far as I know there ...

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

Joel Greenblatt has a sense of humour—I’ll grant him that. In The Big Secret for the Small Investor ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...