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

In my most recent podcast, I addressed an excellent question from Philip, who asked, “Are there days when ...

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 ...

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

I received an email recently from Scott, a reader with a great question about index funds and ETFs ...

Tom Bradley of Steadyhand Investment Funds wrote an insightful blog post yesterday about a television commercial for ING ...

When people criticize the financial industry in Canada, the target of their wrath is usually high fees and ...

I know very few people who began their investing lives as Couch Potatoes. Most started out in mutual ...

The numbers are in and no one is shooting the messenger this year. If 2018 was disappointment—returns were negative ...

One of the most gratifying things about writing this blog is getting emails from young people who are ...

This post is the fifth in a series exploring the myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing. The goal ...

Should financial advisors be banned from collecting commissions on mutual funds? That’s been hotly debated for years, and ...

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 ...

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 ...