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

Two of the biggest trends in investing these days are the popularity of one-fund portfolios and the focus ...

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

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 ...

Back in February, writing about the newly launched Vanguard’s asset allocation ETFs, I asked why it had taken ...

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

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

Think about all the elements you need to be a successful index investor. First, you need to choose ...

Rob Carrick is one of a small number of journalists who stand up for individual investors in this ...

Here are the 2014 returns for my Model Portfolios. The data below are from the funds' websites whenever ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...