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 ...

This post is the second of three that will look at the potential risks that ETFs may pose ...

The newly launched Vanguard Retirement Income ETF Portfolio (VRIF) is designed to pay its unitholders a consistent monthly ...

Jason, a reader of this blog, recently wrote to ask why an investor would want to invest in ...

I happened to have Google Finance open on my computer last week when the “flash crash” happened. While ...

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

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

In 1951, a Princeton University student wrote a thesis about the mutual fund industry. “Funds can make no ...

I recently had a chance to interview Ken Kivenko, who runs Canadian Fund Watch and is allied with ...

As index investing has gained popularity, it is also attracted its share of scorn. The latest example is ...

On Tuesday, February 16, Berkshire Hathaway will become part of the S&P 500, the most widely followed stock ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...