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

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

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

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

The ongoing popularity of asset allocation ETFs is undoubtedly a good thing—maybe even revolutionary. Canadians have enthusiastically embraced ...

Are asset allocation ETFs cheap, well-diversified and convenient? Absolutely. Are they optimally tax-efficient? Perhaps not, though any tax ...

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

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

One of the most gratifying things about writing this blog is getting emails from young people who are ...

You don’t need a lot of mathematical horsepower to be a Couch Potato investor. Indeed, simplicity is one ...

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

In 1951, a Princeton University student wrote a thesis about the mutual fund industry. “Funds can make no ...

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

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

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

If your investments include RRSPs, TFSAs and taxable accounts, asset location is an important consideration. The returns of ...

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 ...

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 ...