What’s on your potato?
Some Couch Potato portfolios have three funds, and some have 13. What's the right number of asset classes for...
Articles By Dan Bortolotti:
Why Dynamic’s success proves nothing
In last weekend’s Financial Post, Jonathan Chevreau wrote an admiring piece about Dynamic Funds, one of the oldest fund...
How to Avoid Paying Other People’s Taxes
Call me old-fashioned, but I like to give ETFs to my loved ones at Christmas. Nothing captures the spirit...
Potatoes Helping Potatoes
It’s now been almost a year since I launched Canadian Couch Potato. When I first mentioned that I was...
Tax-Loss Selling with Index Funds: Part 2
In my previous post, I looked at the Canada Revenue Agency’s position on tax-loss selling with ETFs. According to...
Tax-Loss Selling with Index Funds: Part 1
Now that we’re into December, many investors are turning their thoughts to skiing, holiday celebrations — and year-end taxes....
Holding US Dollars in Registered Accounts
RBC Direct Investing recently became the first bank-owned brokerage to allow Canadians to hold US dollars in registered accounts,...
Please, No More Success Stories
Last Saturday’s Globe and Mail featured a story about one Mike Henderson, a retired university professor who has enjoyed...
Bonds, GICs and the Yield Illusion
If you like to keep the fixed-income side of your portfolio as safe as possible, there’s lots to like...