Well, another year is in the books and it's time to review how investors fared if they used ...

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

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

Investors using the TD e-Series mutual funds may have noticed an unusual episode at year-end. The TD International ...

Many international equity ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. For example, the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ...

For almost 20 years, the TD e-Series mutual funds have been one of the cheapest and easiest ways ...

In 1951, a Princeton University student wrote a thesis about the mutual fund industry. “Funds can make no ...

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

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

I never meant to make you cry And though I know I shouldn’t call It just reminds us ...

Here are the 2014 returns for my Model Portfolios. The data below are from the funds' websites whenever ...

Q. Have you ever done any calculations into the optimal time to purchase index funds or ETFs based ...

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

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 ...

Last week’s post about Monte Carlo simulations in financial planning sparked some interesting comments, so I thought a ...

Q: My wife and I have been using the Couch Potato strategy for a few years now, but ...

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 ...