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

It’s not easy to make a splash in the crowded ETF space these days. Many of the new ...

The recently launched BMO Equal Weight REITs (ZRE), which invests in Canadian real estate investment trusts, will go head-to-head ...

Back in February, writing about the newly launched Vanguard’s asset allocation ETFs, I asked why it had taken ...

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

Here's part two of my interview with Jaime Purvis, Executive Vice-President, National Accounts, for Horizons ETFs. (See part ...

Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here), devotes several chapters to ...

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

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

Your eyes open slowly, and the light stings your retinas. Your mouth is burning with thirst, your muscles ...

This week I was dismissive about the Dynamic Funds that swept this year’s Canadian Investment Awards. I argued ...

Think about all the elements you need to be a successful index investor. First, you need to choose ...

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 ...

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

Q: My wife and I have been using the Couch Potato strategy for a few years now, but ...

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

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

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 ...