Canadian dividend investing tips
Although we’ve been involved in dividend growth investing for a number of years, we are still learning. Mrs. T and I are always looking for ways to gain more knowledge on investment and personal finance …
Tawcan is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog that chronicles my quest for financial independence and joyful life.
I started this blog to show it is possible to achieve financial independence as a single-income family with two young kids while living in Vancouver Canada, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
My wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany.
Today, the portfolio generates over $6,000 in dividends per month. We originally dreamed of becoming financially independent and living off dividends by 2025. Although we could live off dividends by supplementing it with a part time income in 2025, we aren't in a rush to cross the so called "finish line." Therefore, we are taking it easy and we plan to realize the dream of living off dividends before 2030.
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Dividend Income – March 2015 Update
It’s that time of the month again! Now, please excuse me for a minute so I can get off the chair and dance around like Dilbert and Willy for doing absolutely nothing and still getting …
Continue investing in US dividend stocks at current subpar exchange rate?
We recently added fresh capital to our Questrade RRSP accounts as part of our 2015 contribution. There are many reasons why we choose Questrade as our main discount brokerage. One of the reasons is the commission free ETF tradings, and …
What you focus on expands – positive approach to life
I recently had conversations with a few people that are having money problems. Most of them were facing some sort of financial debt. When I talked to them, all they talked about was how much debt they are in …
Financial advice for a debt-ridden Vancouver couple
Andrew Allentuck from Financial Post publishes an article on family finance week where the retirement readiness of a Canadian family is evaluated. This week Andrew featured Jack and Marianne, a recently married young couple from Vancouver whom are …
Buying stocks on pullbacks
When you break down the performance of the stock markets over a very short period of time, you can conclude that the markets are very volatile. The markets can go up and down depending on …
The Early Retirement Financial Independence Spreadsheet Calculator
I am an Excel spreasheet nerd. So when the great J. Money shared a couple spreadsheets for calculating when you can achieve early retirement / financial freedom, I decided to create my own early retirement financial …