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

Here's part two of my interview with Jaime Purvis, Executive Vice-President, National Accounts, for Horizons ETFs. (See part ...

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

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

Asset allocation ETFs were revolutionary when they appeared in 2018, but they were hardly the first products that ...

Jason, a reader of this blog, recently wrote to ask why an investor would want to invest in ...

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 ...

This has been a scary few months in the markets, and nervous investors may be tempted to second-guess ...

Rob Carrick is one of a small number of journalists who stand up for individual investors in this ...

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

Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here), devotes several chapters to ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...