It’s not easy to make a splash in the crowded ETF space these days. Many of the new ...

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

This post is the second of three that will look at the potential risks that ETFs may pose ...

In this final post in the series on why international index funds performed so poorly in 2009, it’s ...

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Bradley of Steadyhand Investment Funds wrote an insightful blog post yesterday about a television commercial for ING ...

Q. Have you ever done any calculations into the optimal time to purchase index funds or ETFs based ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...