If you’d rather not pick a fund manager, then maybe you should just simply pick the market. Exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) make ideal core holdings if you neither want to   Read More

Buying just a Canadian index fund is not good enough. You need to diversify further, especially in Canada where three sectors—financials, materials and energy—are so heavily weighted in the S&P/TSX   Read More

Index funds effectively own the same stocks in the same proportions as a market index. This means an index fund’s performance will always come fairly close to that of the   Read More

Here’s a low-cost mutual fund that ranks among the best Canadian index funds and that’s easily within reach of the small investor. You need only a $100 commitment to get   Read More