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

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

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

In this final post in the series on why international index funds performed so poorly in 2009, it’s ...

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 Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, who manages both the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...