Last fall, Horizons Exchange Traded Funds launched two innovative new ETFs. Rather than simply holding the stocks in ...

Not so long ago, ETFs were simple and transparent. But with the tremendous growth in the industry, ETFs ...

Jason, a reader of this blog, recently wrote to ask why an investor would want to invest in ...

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

Asset allocation ETFs were revolutionary when they appeared in 2018, but they were hardly the first products that ...

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

When people criticize the financial industry in Canada, the target of their wrath is usually high fees and ...

This has been a scary few months in the markets, and nervous investors may be tempted to second-guess ...

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

Whenever people ask me where they can learn more about Couch Potato investing, I need to answer carefully ...

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

Last week, Advisor.ca published a debate under the heading “Faceoff: Index, friend or foe?” The arguments against passive ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...