The Power of the 3BAL Portfolio
[Spoiler: This was an April Fool’s joke!] Simple is beautiful, but in investing it ultimately loses its appeal. Since the beginning of 2018, all three of Canada’s top ETF providers have launched...
View ArticleCouch Potato Portfolio Returns for 2012
I think we can safely say we are now almost four years into the most disrespected bull market in history, to borrow a phrase from Alexander Green. In a recent roundtable in The Wall Street Journal, the...
View ArticleCanadian Couch Potato Threatened By Legal Action
[Note: This post was an April Fool’s joke!] I regret to announce that this blog is in jeopardy of being shut down due to pending legal action. On the afternoon of Friday, March 29, I received a letter...
View ArticleCouch Potato Portfolio Returns for 2015
With 2015 now in the books, it’s time to look back on the year that was. It was another year of surprises: after the gurus continued to predict higher interest rates, the Bank of Canada shocked almost...
View ArticleAn Even Better Reason to Fix Your Portfolio
So your portfolio is a disaster. Your RRSP is full of high-cost mutual funds, sprinkled with some random stocks and a bunch of exotic ETFs that seemed like a good idea at the time. You know it’s time...
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