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

Earlier this week I described how several US and international equity index funds get their market exposure by ...

This post is part of a series called Under the Hood, where l take a detailed look at ...

Last fall, Horizons Exchange Traded Funds launched two innovative new ETFs. Rather than simply holding the stocks in ...

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

In our last blog and video, Justin and I compared the popular Vanguard and iShares asset allocation ETFs, ...

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

Imagine that you’re the marketing director for MegaAlpha Investments and you want to advertise two of your mutual ...

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

Whenever people ask me where they can learn more about Couch Potato investing, I need to answer carefully ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...