Scott Burns (newspaper columnist)

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Scott Burns is an American newspaper columnist and author who has covered personal finance and investments for over 30 years. He is known for creating the "Couch Potato Portfolio" investment strategy, which advocates the use of index funds over managed funds or stock-picking.^[1] In 2006, he co-founded the Web startup AssetBuilder, where he is chief investment strategist.