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Will Mutual Fund Advisors Soon Be Selling ETFs? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
There are many reasons why relatively few Canadian investors use ETFs compared with actively managed mutual funds. There’s about $900 billion in mutual funds in this country, while ETF assets total ab...
ETF Choices Are Less Important Than You Think 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The comments following my recent post about new ETFs from Vanguard were another reminder of just how often investors get overly focused on products. I accept part of the blame here, since I write a lo...
Inside the New Vanguard ETFs 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Vanguard Canada launched some new ETFs this week, and I spoke with managing director Atul Tiwari about the funds. Let’s take a closer look. Cross-Canada coverage The Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap (VC...
How to Argue With a Couch Potato 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Last week, Advisor.ca published a debate under the heading “Faceoff: Index, friend or foe?” The arguments against passive investing should be helpful to mutual fund salespeople trying desperately to d...
Is Your Bond Fund Really Losing Money? 7 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
When the yield on 10-year federal bonds spiked earlier this year—from 1.88% on May 16 all the way to 2.55% on July 5—the value of broad-based bond ETFs plummeted sharply. But I’ll wager that many inve...
More Power in Passive Portfolios 1 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Rick Ferri and Alex Benke recently collaborated on an interesting white paper called A Case for Index Fund Portfolios, which I introduced in my previous post. They compared index portfolios to thousan...
Putting the Portfolio Odds in Your Favour 29 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
It’s well known that the majority of actively managed mutual funds underperform comparable index funds over any period longer than a few years. In fact, that statement has become so uncontroversial th...
Seeing Diversification in Action 24 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Why should you add multiple asset classes to your portfolio? That seems like a simple question, but it’s one many investors would answer with only a vague comment about “more diversification.” It’s mo...
Why Your Problem Is Not Your Funds 18 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
In Monday’s post I looked at “smart beta,” which promises to outperform cap-weighted indexing strategies. I’m frequently asked if I think Couch Potato investors should dump their traditional index fun...
Does “Smart Beta” Really Beat Cap-Weighting? 15 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
“Smart beta” has become a buzzword in investing circles, especially among pension funds and other institutional investors. The term may be new, but the idea isn’t: it’s about looking for ways to captu...
