I would have been kicked out of journalism school for writing this: “The culprit behind the epidemic of ...

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

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

One of the most difficult tasks in building a portfolio is finding asset classes that do not move ...

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

Here's part two of my interview with Tim Pickering, president of Auspice Capital Advisors, who manages both the ...

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

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

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

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

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

Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...