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

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

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 ...

Monday's post discussed the inner workings of the two swap-based ETFs launched by Horizons in late 2010. Many ...

In our last blog and video, Justin and I compared the popular Vanguard and iShares asset allocation ETFs, ...

Here are the 2013 performance figures for my Model Portfolios. Last year was one of stark contrasts: huge ...

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 ...

Imagine that you’re the marketing director for MegaAlpha Investments and you want to advertise two of your mutual ...

Last Saturday’s Globe and Mail featured a story about a retired university professor who has enjoyed staggeringly good ...

Just how well are mutual fund investors faring in Canada? That question isn’t as straightforward as it may ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...