It’s been a stressful few months for investors using the popular swap-based ETFs from Horizons. These funds have ...

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

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

This post is the second of three that will look at the potential risks that ETFs may pose ...

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

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

Advocates of active management admit that only a minority of mutual funds will outperform their benchmarks, but they ...

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

Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making ...

“Most actively managed mutual funds underperform the market.” Couch Potato investors sing this refrain all the time in ...

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

This post is the sixth (and last) in a series exploring the myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing ...

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 ...

When I wrote the MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio [now out of print], I waited until Chapter ...

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

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

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 ...