Dividend Income – January 2026 Update
Welcome to the first dividend income report of 2026! Since the creation of this blog back in July 2014, I have been sharing our monthly dividend income. Why do I continue to share our dividend …
Dividend Investing
How do you invest in dividend paying stocks so you get paid every quarter or every month? Invest in companies that make products that you use and rely every day.
Why is dividend investing an effective investing strategy?
Switching from TD & Questrade to WealthSimple Trade – My experience
Some of you may recall that I moved my self-directed TFSA with TD Direct Investing and my self-directed RRSP with Questrade to Wealthsimple Trade back in May. In case you’re wondering, I wrote a real …
Living off dividends in Canada – $360k/year & Paying almost no taxes (real case study)
Long time readers will know that my wife and I are deploying a hybrid investing strategy – we invest in both dividend paying stocks and index ETFs. It is our goal to have our portfolio …
Living off dividends – My $360k per year dividend income
Last week Reader B, a fellow Canadian shared his amazing dividend investing story with us. B and his wife retired in 2004 at age 55 and have been living off dividends since. What’s amazing is …
Ranking the moat of popular Canadian dividend stocks
As investors, we often talk about the moat of a company. What does this mean exactly? A company’s moat, sometimes referred to as the economic moat, is the competitive advantage a company has over competitors. …
2026 Goals and Resolutions
Since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year and put them down on a spreadsheet. I would write a post about my goals and resolutions, then provide a quarterly …
2025 Goals and Resolutions – Q4 Update and Wrap Up
It’s hard to believe that 2025 is in the books and we are in the first month of the new year… and the second quarter of the century. 2025 was the seventh year that I …