If you’re a DIY investor (or taking steps to become one), you’ve like come across the term MER when researching potential ETF and mutual fund picks. MER stands for Management Expense Ratio and is a yearly … Read More

You’ve started your investing journey. You’re reading the blogs, you’re a member of the Facebook groups, and opened your online brokerage account. First, you invest in VGRO, a fantastic all-in-one ETF from Vanguard, one of the … Read More

The Canadian Couch Potato (CCP) is a blog created by Dan Bortolotti to help Canadians implement the Couch Potato investing strategy. The Couch Potato strategy began in the US in the 90s. It’s a super simple … Read More

Are you starting your investing journey? With so many options and all the noise around investing, it can get overwhelming trying to figure out what to do. One relatively simple investing strategy popularized in recent years … Read More

Key takeaways:  Create a budget and pay off high-interest debt before investing Create an investment plan to help guide you and keep your emotions in check Open a self-directed brokerage account. Stay the course by setting … Read More

Key  takeaways: Passive investing is a popular investment strategy used by many to build wealth. It’s more about buying and holding broadly diversified funds that track the markets, not actively trying to beat the market. Inflation … Read More