Here's part two of my interview with Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, who manages both the ...

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

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

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

In my last post I reviewed the returns of my model ETF portfolios in 2021. Now let's take ...

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Rob Arnott, the creator of the Research ...

There are countless books laying out the case for index investing, but as far as I know there ...

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

“Most actively managed mutual funds underperform the market.” Couch Potato investors sing this refrain all the time in ...

Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...