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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...