When do you tip + Good reads from the PF community
Despite growing up in Canada for more than half of my life, I have never gotten used to tipping. You see, tipping is not a common practice in Taiwan. Tipping is also not common in …
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FIRE = Financial Independence Retire Early
A large part of this website is about financial independence retire early (FIRE) and our FIRE journey. Topics include – What does financial independence retire early mean, How to achieve financial independence retire early, Lessons learned during our FIRE journey.
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Forget timing the market – Random Thoughts from Taiwan
Yup, you guessed it, another post called Random Thoughts from Taiwan… because I’m in Taiwan again! So greetings from Taiwan everyone! This marks the 4th work trip to Taiwan for me in the past year, …
Is The Smith Manoeuvre a good idea?
Three years ago I had the opportunity to interview Robinson Smith, son of Fraser Smith, who has been advising thousands of Canadian families on the implementation of The Smith Manoeuvre. In that particular interview, we …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 3
Welcome back to Part 3, and the final part of our 1H 2023 dividend portfolio review. I analyzed 31 out of 49 holdings earlier this month. In case you missed the previous analysis, please take …
Dividend Income – July 2023 Update
I hope readers are enjoying the 1H 2023 dividend portfolio review posts I have published in the last couple of weeks. Part 3 and the final part of the portfolio review will go live next …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 2
Last week I reviewed 15 dividend growth stocks out of the 48 that we hold in our dividend portfolio. Our dividend portfolio generated $24,685.91 in the first half of 2023. This dividend income growth has …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 1
With the first half of 2023 in the books, I thought it’d be an interesting exercise to review our dividend portfolio. The key focus will be determining what to do with each position – should …