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

Earlier this week I discussed the promise of fundamental indexing. This strategy takes aim at the shortcomings of ...

Responding to a recent article on mutual funds by Rob Carrick, a Globe and Mail reader rehashed a ...

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 ...

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

This post is the sixth (and last) in a series exploring the myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing ...

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

Call off the hounds: I have finally updated my model Couch Potato portfolios for 2015. Full details appear ...

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

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

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...