Canadian Couch Potato Archives - Page 12 of 53

Any time you introduce cash flows to the portfolio, calculating your rate of return suddenly becomes much harder. This...

If you hold international stocks in an ETF, you're impacted by movements of the world's currencies.

Trying to make currency plays is foolish at the best of times, but it’s especially unwise if you don’t...

Last year was one of stark contrasts: huge returns in stocks combined with dismal bond performance but overall balanced...

Another new year is upon us, and it’s time review my model Couch Potato portfolios.

To stick to an indexing strategy over a lifetime, you need to let go of the idea that you...

It’s been a marvelous year for equities, but 2013 has not been kind to real estate investment trusts, except...

If the evidence in favour of passive investing is so strong, why isn’t the strategy more popular?

The case for using U.S.-listed ETFs is not nearly as compelling as it used to be.