For almost 20 years, the TD e-Series mutual funds have been one of the cheapest and easiest ways ...

The ongoing popularity of asset allocation ETFs is undoubtedly a good thing—maybe even revolutionary. Canadians have enthusiastically embraced ...

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

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

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

Are asset allocation ETFs cheap, well-diversified and convenient? Absolutely. Are they optimally tax-efficient? Perhaps not, though any tax ...

The investment industry never misses an opportunity to take credit for outstanding performance. In fact, many mutual fund ...

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

Here are the 2013 performance figures for my Model Portfolios. Last year was one of stark contrasts: huge ...

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

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

Imagine that you’re the marketing director for MegaAlpha Investments and you want to advertise two of your mutual ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...