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Canadian Couch Potato has finally joined the Twitter universe! I’d like to encourage readers to add this blog to...

In a recent post, I shared a reader’s story about how difficult it was for her to open a...

Earlier this week I argued that savings accounts and GICs are still the best vehicles for short-term savings, because...

I occasionally hear from readers who want to know which ETF or index fund portfolio would be a suitable...

In Monday’s post, I had some fun at the expense of Paul Farrell, the MarketWatch columnist who champions index...

I received an email recently from Scott, a reader with a great question about index funds and ETFs that...

Paul B. Farrell, a long-time columnist with MarketWatch, seems to have taken leave of his senses. For years, Farrell...

I’ve grown used to the antics of mutual fund companies and commission-based fund hawkers who criticize index investing. It’s...

John Lawrence Reynolds’ newest book, The Skeptical Investor, argues that Canadians were badly served by their advisors during the...