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

In the brief time they’ve been around, asset allocation ETFs have transformed the way DIY index investors manage ...

Well, another year is in the books and it's time to review how investors fared if they used ...

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

Investors using the TD e-Series mutual funds may have noticed an unusual episode at year-end. The TD International ...

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

Q. Have you ever done any calculations into the optimal time to purchase index funds or ETFs based ...

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

Here are the 2014 returns for my Model Portfolios. The data below are from the funds' websites whenever ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Q: I am ready to follow the Couch Potato and would like to use the US-listed Vanguard ETFs ...

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

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

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 ...