2025 Goals and Resolutions
Since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year. I then provide an update on this blog every quarter. If I do the math right, this is the seventh year …
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 $5,400 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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VXC vs. XAW – The battle of ex-Canada international index ETFs
If you’re a long time reader, you know that we deploy a hybrid investment strategy – we hold both individual dividend-paying stocks and index ETFs in our dividend portfolio. When it comes to an international …
Step-By-Step Guide on How to Make a Dividend Portfolio Spreadsheet (Dividend Tracker)
This post was originally published in 2016. The key formula used in the dividend spreadsheet template for dividend info from Google Finance was formulated back in 2014. Due to the changes in Google Finance in …
All Equity ETFs Review – VEQT vs. XEQT vs. HEQT
Since publishing my analysis of all-in-one ETFs in Canada and mentioning that we are going from multi-ETFs to all-in-one ETFs for our kids’ RESPs, we have gone ahead and made the changes. We picked iShares …
How to Start Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I’m neither an expert stock trader nor a stock trading professional but I have been investing in individual dividend paying stocks for over ten years. When I first purchased ING Canada (now called Intact Financial), …
Best Canadian Utility Stocks – My Top 5 picks for 2025
Everywhere in the world, people require electricity and natural gas in their homes every day. Canada is no exception to this modern society rule. In fact, we depend on them. Long time readers will know …
Canadian Dividend Blogs – The Ultimate Directory
Dividend investing is one of the most popular investing strategies among Canadians even though index ETFs have gained popularity in recent years. It’s easy to understand the attraction behind dividend investing – well established blue …