I would have been kicked out of journalism school for writing this: “The culprit behind the epidemic of ...

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

On the day his company announced it was acquiring Claymore, BlackRock’s CEO Bill Chinery called ETFs “electric cars ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here), devotes several chapters to ...

I know very few people who began their investing lives as Couch Potatoes. Most started out in mutual ...

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

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 ...

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

In the last couple of weeks I’ve received two questions from readers who were trying to figure out ...

I’ve always tried to stress that successful investing is about the right process, not the right products. But ...

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 ...

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 easy enough to build an index fund portfolio with your desired mix of stocks and bonds. But ...

It’s been a while since the last new article appeared on the Canadian Couch Potato blog, and over ...

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 ...