Will Vanguard Really Change Anything?
I’ve been holding back on making comments about Vanguard’s arrival in Canada, because I wanted some time to collect...
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Swap-Based ETFs: What Are the Risks?
Monday’s post discussed the inner workings of the two swap-based ETFs launched by Horizons in late 2010. Many investors...
Understanding Swap-Based ETFs
Last fall, Horizons Exchange Traded Funds launched two innovative new ETFs. Rather than simply holding the stocks in the...
Letting You In On a Big Secret
Joel Greenblatt has a sense of humour—I’ll grant him that. In The Big Secret for the Small Investor (Wiley,...
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The Tuber Gets Tested
Monday’s post comparing one of my model ETF portfolios to one created by Dimensional Fund Advisors attracted a lot...
A Portfolio Makeover
Last September, I wrote a piece for Canadian MoneySaver called An ETF Portfolio With Added Dimension. The article looked...
Fundamental Indexing for Corporate Bonds
On Monday, I took issue with the argument that cap-weighted bond indexes are fatally flawed. Rob Arnott, the creator...
Are Bond Index Funds Stupid?
When Rob Arnott, the creator of fundamental indexing, spoke in Toronto last week, his presentation focused exclusively on equities....
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Fundamental Indexing in the Real World
Earlier this week I discussed the promise of fundamental indexing. This strategy takes aim at the shortcomings of traditional...