Qtrade Now Offering Commission-Free ETFs
The discount brokerage price war is officially on. After Scotia iTrade became the first online brokerage to offer commission-free...
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Couch Potatoes: Not the Next Financial Time Bomb
I would have been kicked out of journalism school for writing this: “The culprit behind the epidemic of death...
What Moneyball Can Teach You About Investing
I can’t seem to get my kids interested in index investing, but they do share my love of baseball. So...
Why Staying the Course Isn’t “Doing Nothing”
On Tuesday I linked to a poll of some 200 institutional investors who were asked about their outlook for...
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So Much For the Consensus View
The Canadian stock market officially crossed into bear market territory this week, falling to more than 20% below its...
When Should You Use an Advisor?
Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here) devotes several chapters to whether...
Review: The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own
There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging question:...
Ask the Spud: RBC’s Target Maturity ETFs
Q: I just read about the launch of RBC’s family of target-maturity corporate bond ETFs. They seem like they would...
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Balancing Your Dividend Holdings
One problem with the two leading Canadian dividend ETFs is that they are not very well diversified across sectors....