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

On Monday I wrote about managed futures, a strategy that can add a layer of diversification to a ...

In our last blog and video, Justin and I compared the popular Vanguard and iShares asset allocation ETFs, ...

In my most recent podcast, I addressed an excellent question from Philip, who asked, “Are there days when ...

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

Earlier this week I discussed the promise of fundamental indexing. This strategy takes aim at the shortcomings of ...

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

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

Q. Have you ever done any calculations into the optimal time to purchase index funds or ETFs based ...

Tom Bradley of Steadyhand Investment Funds wrote an insightful blog post yesterday about a television commercial for ING ...

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

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...