In my last post I reviewed the returns of my model ETF portfolios in 2021. Now let's take ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Today we take it for granted that virtually all mutual funds and stock pickers are trying to earn ...

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

This week I was dismissive about the Dynamic Funds that swept this year’s Canadian Investment Awards. I argued ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...