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“Most actively managed mutual funds underperform the market.” Couch Potato investors sing this refrain all the time in defense...

If you’re a reader of MoneySense, you may have a noticed a new column in the May issue. I’m...

I may have angered an Atlantic community, but sparking debate and encouraging people to learn more about their hometowns...

In this final post in the series on why international index funds performed so poorly in 2009, it’s time...

Despite what you think of the Big Smoke, it's not going to top our list. And that's OK.

International index funds and ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. In my first post on this topic, I...

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Bankrupt actor asking fans for donations.

In a previous post, I pointed out that many international equity ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. For...