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

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

This is the final post in a series of three looking at the potential risks that ETFs may ...

This post is part of a series called Under the Hood, where l take a detailed look at ...

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Rob Arnott, the creator of the Research ...

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

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

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

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

As index investing has gained popularity, it is also attracted its share of scorn. The latest example is ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...