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

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

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

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

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

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

The numbers are in and no one is shooting the messenger this year. If 2018 was disappointment—returns were negative ...

This has been a scary few months in the markets, and nervous investors may be tempted to second-guess ...

Whenever people ask me where they can learn more about Couch Potato investing, I need to answer carefully ...

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

Today we take it for granted that virtually all mutual funds and stock pickers are trying to earn ...

Here is part two of my interview with Scott Burns, the newspaper columnist and Chief Investment Strategist at ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...