Advertisement

Articles By Dan Bortolotti:

Canadian Couch Potato

The wait is over: New ETFs from Vanguard

“Ask and ye shall receive.” That should be the refrain of Couch Potato investors during the last 10 months...

The wait is over: New ETFs from Vanguard

Canadian Couch Potato

Is one index really better than another?

Couch Potato investors try to capture the returns of entire asset classes rather selecting individual securities. And we do...

Is one index really better than another?

Canadian Couch Potato

Two core ETFs get new indexes

Vanguard announced last October that it would be ending its relationship with MSCI, one of the largest index providers...

Two core ETFs get new indexes

Canadian Couch Potato

ETF investors: Avoid the after-hours club

One of the first rules of buying and selling ETFs is to always use limit orders, never market orders....

ETF investors: Avoid the after-hours club

Canadian Couch Potato

It’s time to ban adviser commissions

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

It’s time to ban adviser commissions

Bonds

What’s happening to my bond ETF?

If your portfolio includes a broad-based bond index fund, you’ve probably noticed its value has fallen significantly over the...

What’s happening to my bond ETF?

Bonds

Why use a strip bond ETF?

Barry Gordon admits he was surprised when he first read Justin Bender’s entry in First Asset’s Search for Canada’s...

Why use a strip bond ETF?

Bonds

A new ETF of strip bonds

Back in February I asked readers to share their ideas for new ETFs that might fill gaps in the...

A new ETF of strip bonds

Canadian Couch Potato

Does dollar-cost averaging work?

Many readers were surprised when I answered a recent Ask the Spud question by suggesting you’re usually better off...

Does dollar-cost averaging work?