Book Reviews - MoneySense

Readers often ask me whether the Couch Potato strategy is suitable for investors approaching retirement, or even those who...

It’s hard not to respect Andrew Hallam. I first learned about him in the pages of MoneySense, where he...

Canadian Couch Potato is pleased to announce the birth of The MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio. My new...

Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here) devotes several chapters to whether...

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging question:...

We’re accustomed to thinking of choice as a good thing. But behavioural economists now understand that too many options...

Among academics, the active-versus-passive debate often centres on mutual funds. But among DIY investors—who readily concede that mutual funds...

I’ve never been shy about criticizing actively managed mutual funds, but I’m starting to think this debate is getting...

In 1951, a Princeton University student wrote a thesis about the mutual fund industry. “Funds can make no claim...