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

One of the most difficult tasks in building a portfolio is finding asset classes that do not move ...

In our last blog and video, Justin and I compared the popular Vanguard and iShares asset allocation ETFs, ...

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

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

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

In 1951, a Princeton University student wrote a thesis about the mutual fund industry. “Funds can make no ...

One of the most gratifying things about writing this blog is getting emails from young people who are ...

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

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

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

This week I was dismissive about the Dynamic Funds that swept this year’s Canadian Investment Awards. I argued ...

John Lawrence Reynolds' newest book, The Skeptical Investor, argues that Canadians were badly served by their advisors during ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...