International Tracking Error: Part 2
International index funds and ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. In my first post on this topic, I explained how the time differences between North American and overseas markets can make it ap [...]
International index funds and ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. In my first post on this topic, I explained how the time differences between North American and overseas markets can make it ap [...]
Many international equity ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. For example, the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (XIN), which tracks European and Japanese stocks, trailed its benchmark index by 5.34 [...]
To be successful with money, it’s not enough to have a good strategy. You also need to avoid the emotional and psychological traps that snare so many investors. Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich examine [...]
In my previous post, I looked at the uneasiness many investors have about bonds when interest rates are poised to go up. Some readers have argued that this discomfort can be alleviated by buying indiv [...]
With interest rates poised to rise later this year, I’m getting a lot of emails and comments from readers who are wary about investing in bonds. There seem to be a lot of myths and misunderstandings a [...]
Couch Potato investors hear a lot about asset allocation, but asset location is also an important consideration. Asset location refers to the type of account you use to hold the stocks, bonds, cash an [...]
Unless you’ve been in a coma, you know that gold has been the hottest commodity of the last decade, quadrupling in value since 2000. That’s in US dollars, but even measured in loonies gold is up more [...]
On Tuesday, February 16, Berkshire Hathaway will become part of the S&P 500, the most widely followed stock index in the world. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average is more famous, the S&P 5 [...]
Whenever people ask me where they can learn more about Couch Potato investing, I need to answer carefully. Two classic books are Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street and Charles Ellis’s Win [...]
Rob Carrick is one of a small number of journalists who stand up for individual investors in this country. If you’re not a regular reader of his columns in the Globe and Mail, I encourage you to star [...]