More on this portfolio here. Not doing so well! I chose not to re-invest the distributions* Profit/loss includes paid out distributions * Distributions = dividends

This is known as the “Couch Potato” approach, and you can read about my hypothetical portfolio here. I started tracking it in May 2007 and

There’s been some interest in my “lazy portfolio” recently. Canadian Business magazine probably ran their annual article on the “Couch Potato” investing. Not sure if

This is the year end result of my hypothetical portfolio I started on May 1: -1.3% (including dividends). It’s not especially spectacular or particularly bad,

Performance for period ending November 30, 2007: -0.1% (including dividends). All previous gains have been wiped again, however -0.1% is pretty much even and a

Performance for period ending October 31, 2007: +5.4% (including dividends). Click to enlarge the chart Components CDN Composite (XIC) – 45% CDN S&P 500 (XSP)

I’m skipping August since it’s not that interesting on its own, and here’s the Lazy Porfolio performance May to September 30, 2007. Last update was

Here’s my Lazy Canadian iShares portfolio performance to August 3rd (inclusive). All the gains since May has been wiped out and it now stands at

“Lazy” portfolio, started tracking results on May 1, 2007. June Results Portfolio shrunk by 0.55% in relation to the previous month, but was still up

On May 1st I started a very simple “lazy” portfolio, so I could measure how successful my trading is compared to this low-maintenance approach. Components