9 weird things I did to save money in my 20’s
Believe it or not, back in my 20’s I knew nothing about budgeting and very little about investing. The only thing I knew was that I needed to spend less than I learn. Whatever money …
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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Best of Tawcan 2022
I hope everyone’s enjoying the holidays and spending a lot of time with their families. 2022 has been a great year for Tawcan.com and I want to thank all the readers that are following our …
Canada home price + Good reads from the PF community
Happy holidays everyone! Here at our household, we’re getting quite excited about celebrating Christmas. Christmas happens to be Mrs. T and both kids’ favourite holiday. Given that I didn’t really grow up celebrating Christmas, I’m …
A letter to young investors
I came across John Heinzl’s open letter to young investors the other week and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Given that I have been DIY investing for almost two decades, I thought it would be an …
Dividend Income – November 2022 Update
Wow, it’s hard to believe that the holidays are just around the corner and a new year is almost upon us. Do you think time moves faster as you get older? I sure do! When …
5 stocks we bought in 2022
With 2022 coming up to a wrap, I am amazed at how much progress we’ve made in the last 11 years. While we can’t retire and live off our dividend income in 2023 quite yet, …
Why dividend investing works for us
I have been investing in the stock market since my early 20’s but didn’t get serious with dividend growth investing until 2010. Over the last 12 years, my wife and I have made significant progress …