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

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

Are asset allocation ETFs cheap, well-diversified and convenient? Absolutely. Are they optimally tax-efficient? Perhaps not, though any tax ...

It’s not easy to make a splash in the crowded ETF space these days. Many of the new ...

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

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Rob Arnott, the creator of the Research ...

As index investing has gained popularity, it is also attracted its share of scorn. The latest example is ...

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

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

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

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...