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

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

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

Well, another year is in the books and it's time to review how investors fared if they used ...

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

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Rob Arnott, the creator of the Research ...

Here is part two of my interview with Scott Burns, the newspaper columnist and Chief Investment Strategist at ...

As index investing has gained popularity, it is also attracted its share of scorn. The latest example is ...

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

Last Saturday’s Globe and Mail featured a story about a retired university professor who has enjoyed staggeringly good ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...