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Ask the Spud: Should I Switch All at Once?
In Episode 8 of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast, I answered the following question from a listener named Remy: I want to move away from my stocks an [...]
Bond Basics 3: Should You Wait for Higher Yields?
In my last podcast, I set out to answer a series of common questions about bonds. Here’s one I’ve been hearing on and off since 2009: “With yields so [...]
Bond Basics 2: Why Your ETF Isn’t Losing Money
In my latest podcast, I answer a series of frequently asked questions about bonds. The second of these came from a reader named Andrew: “I have been i [...]
Bond Basics 1: Why Bond Prices Fall When Rates Rise
Bonds have a reputation for being conservative, even boring. But no one ever accused them of being easy to understand. I get a steady stream of emails [...]
Can ETFs Make the Market Go Up in Smoke?
[Note: This was an April Fool's joke!] Does the growing popularity of indexing and ETFs pose a real danger to the markets? As I discussed on a recent [...]
How TD Put the “Managed” in ETF Portfolios
What Canadian bank was first to launch a line of ETFs? You might think it was BMO, which is by far the biggest bank in the industry today, with more t [...]
A New ETF Structure for Accumulators
ETF launches are generally unexciting these days: most new products focus on increasingly narrow niches or exotic strategies. But last week BMO unveil [...]
Ask the Spud: Can I Make Taxable Investing Easier?
In Episode 4 of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast, I answered the following question from a listener named Jakob: I’m currently investing with all my [...]
Model Portfolio Update for 2017
After two years with no changes to my Couch Potato model portfolios, the 2017 edition comes with an update to the ETF version. Before I get to the det [...]
Couch Potato Portfolio Returns for 2016
If you believe the media, 2016 was an annus horribilis: some even dubbed it the worst year ever. I think there were a few years during the Great Depre [...]
