FinCon 2019 – A Canadian’s Recap
Last week I was in Washington DC for five days and attended the annual personal finance conference – FinCon. I went to FinCon 2017 in Dallas but missed last year’s event in Orlando. This 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 $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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How to read annual and quarterly reports
One of the best things you can do, as an investor, is to read a company’s annual and quarterly reports. Reading these reports is especially important when you are looking to invest in a new …
Take care of your future one step at a time
It’s hard to believe that it is September already, meaning that three quarters of 2019 is almost gone. Over the next couple of days, Baby T1.0 will start Grade 1 and Baby T2.0 will start …
FI…13 years and 4 Months in the making
“Hmm what the heck did I get myself into?” I thought to myself while walking toward GM Place in downtown Vancouver. Being uncomfortable in a new surrounding It was Nov 7, 2001. All around …
Growth of our dividend portfolio – Beating the TSX?
Long-time readers know that I have been writing monthly dividend income updates as a way to keep us honest and demonstrate that it is possible to build a sizable dividend portfolio. Like many dividend growth …
How to bulletproof financial plans & combat emotional reactions to stock market volatility
This blog has been in existence for over 5 years. To my surprise, most of these posts I have published have been written by me exclusively. I have only published a few guest blog posts. …
Dividend income & Financial Independence Journey Update – July 2019
Can you believe that summer is half over? So far this summer we have not seen the summer scorching heat here in Vancouver. Instead, we have had rainy days occasionally. We Vancouverites actually welcome a …