Sentences with phrase «approach of the couch potato»

I like the simple approach of the Couch Potato portfolio as I was not happy paying for high commissions and having a mix of mostly Canadian blue chip stocks and mutual funds.

Not exact matches

Your decision to pursue a Couch Potato investment approach does not exclude you from the benefits of professional help.

Or visit Scott Burns» site at Dallasnews.com and see how Burns, the inventor of the original Couch Potato approach, has fared.

In the coming months I plan to transfer out of mutual funds and set - up a couch potato fund but can't decide which approach to follow.

In the spirit of holiday giving, Justin Bender, portfolio manager with PWL Capital in Toronto, has approached me with an offer for Canadian Couch Potato readers.

Applying a somewhat spicier approach to the original three - asset - class Couch Potato portfolio, with annual changes, resulted in average annual returns of 10.6 %.

If that is what you're thinking of doing, check out the Couch Potato approach for an easy way to start.

If you deduct fees from your return assumptions, you're probably still in the ballpark of a 4 % withdrawal rate if you use low - cost index funds and follow a disciplined Couch Potato approach.

So instead of articles about why stock «x» is a good buy (WHOO REITMANS BUY SOME AND THEN GO INTO THE STORES EVEN IF YOU»RE A DUDE), we get articles about why a couch potato approach is best.

Regular readers of MoneySense will recognize this as a classic «Couch Potato» approach to investing: Create a simple investible portfolio that can be held for the long term, is broadly diversified, highly tax - efficient and yet carries minimal investment management costs.

I find some of the Fama - French research pretty persuasive (the basis of Canadian Couch Potato's «Uber Tuber» portfolio) but putting that approach into action hasn't really been feasible for someone like me making modest monthly contributions.

To begin with, I suggest taking a page out of the Global Couch Potato approach and opting for roughly one - third in Canadian stocks, one - third in U.S. stocks, and one - third ininternational stocks.

If you've been a long - time reader of MoneySense, you already know all about the Couch Potato approach (check out www.moneysense.ca/couchpotato for a refresher).