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Rational Reminder

Ben Felix · Dan Bortolotti · Cameron Passmore

A weekly discussion of investing research and financial decisions, with a Canadian perspective. Host conversations, guest interviews and listener questions explore portfolio choices, personal finance, behavior and financial markets.

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Evidence-based investingPortfolio constructionPersonal financeInvestor behaviorFinancial markets

The show

Weekly host discussions, research explanations, guest interviews and listener Q&A. · Rational Reminder

The Desk’s listening note

Good for examining how research translates into an individual investor’s choices.

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The people behind the microphone

Meet the hosts.

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Ben Felix in a suit and tie.

Co-host; Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, PWL Capital

Ben Felix

Ben Felix is Chief Investment Officer and a portfolio manager at PWL Capital. He co-hosts Rational Reminder and creates investing videos on his own YouTube channel. His education combines a mechanical engineering degree from Northeastern University with an MBA in finance from Carleton University, alongside CFA, CFP and CIM designations. His public work explains investing research and financial decisions, connecting the evidence discussed on the podcast with practical questions facing individual investors.

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Dan Bortolotti wearing a dark jacket and light shirt.

Co-host; Portfolio Manager

Dan Bortolotti

Dan Bortolotti is a portfolio manager and Rational Reminder co-host known for Canadian Couch Potato, the investing blog he launched in 2010. Before joining PWL Capital in 2013, he spent more than twenty years working as a journalist, writer and editor. He earned his CFP and CIM designations in 2015. His book Reboot Your Portfolio explains how investors can build and maintain portfolios using exchange-traded funds, continuing his work on accessible, low-cost index investing.

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Cameron Passmore wearing glasses and a Rational Reminder hoodie.

Co-host; Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager, PWL Capital

Cameron Passmore

Cameron Passmore is Chief Executive Officer and a portfolio manager at PWL Capital, with more than three decades of professional experience. He earned a commerce degree at McGill University and holds the CIM, FMA and FCSI designations. As a Rational Reminder co-host, he joins conversations about personal finance, investor behavior and financial markets. His firm biography emphasizes building a lasting advisory business that improves Canadians’ financial lives.

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Profile checked September 18, 2026. Editorial notes are Perimeter’s interpretation.