Earlier this week I described how several US and international equity index funds get their market exposure by ...

For almost 20 years, the TD e-Series mutual funds have been one of the cheapest and easiest ways ...

I happened to have Google Finance open on my computer last week when the “flash crash” happened. While ...

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

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

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

Call off the hounds: I have finally updated my model Couch Potato portfolios for 2015. Full details appear ...

You’ve got an RRSP with your employer, another with a discount brokerage, and your spouse has a couple ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...