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.
Let’s talk about FIRE!
When we started our financial independence journey back in 2011, we didn’t set a specific FI date or number. In our minds, we do not doubt whether we could become financially independent or not. We …
I hope everyone’s enjoying their summer. After a wet and cold June, it was nice to have a warmer and sunnier month. Before we get into dividend income for July, let’s me continue the typical …
As some of you may know, I’m a goal-oriented person. I like to set challenging goals for myself so I can focus on reaching or completing specific tasks and plan out my actions. Setting yearly …
The May consumer price index increased 7.7% from a year ago. Bloomberg estimates that the June inflation rate might be 8.4%! The actual June inflation rate was 8.1%, making it the fastest annual increase since …
Wow, it’s hard to believe that 2022 is already half over. For the most part, June was cold and wet here in the Lower Mainland. Many people even used the term Juneary because it felt …
Since Canadians can’t deduct mortgage interests in our income tax filing, many Canadian homeowners use Smith Maneuver as a legal strategy to enable them to make their mortgages tax-deductible. Essentially, Canadians would borrow money against …
Recently I was featured in an article called “Experts say dividend-paying stocks are not for everyone.” Since the article is by The Canadian Press, it appears on many different sites and I certainly had my …