Dividend Income – September 2025 Update
Welcome to another month of dividend income update. It’s hard to believe that Q3 is already in the books and we are in the last quarter of 2025. Where did the time go? For those …
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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Random thoughts – worst day of the market, tech or not, leveraging, etc
As I write this on Oct 12, we just experienced the “worst day” of the stock market since April. The S&P dropped by 2.7%, the NASDAQ dropped by 3.56%, and the TSX dropped by 1.38%. …
Reconsidering RRIF utilization in early retirement
As you get closer to retirement, you most likely will spend more and more time crunching numbers and doing retirement income planning. I previously wrote about how to convert RRSP to RRIF and the rules …
Early retirement planning – steps we are doing and planning to do
Earlier this year, I wrote about stepping away from full-time work at the end of 2026 or early 2027. The idea is to either retire early and focus on my hobbies and passions, or transition …
DIY Wealth Canada Episode #2 – How We Build Wealth
This week on the show, Nelson and I discuss the various strategies they’ve used to build wealth over the years. We talk about budgeting, maximizing your savings rate, and how we both embraced frugality. I …
Dividend Income – August 2025 Update
Hello everyone, welcome to another month of dividend income update. We have been doing these monthly dividend income updates since the birth of this blog. We do these updates to chronicle our financial independence journey. …
Launch of DIY Wealth Canada Podcast
All summer long, I have been working with Nelson from Canadian Dividend Investing on a new podcast that we are calling “DIY Wealth Canada Podcast.” The idea behind the podcast was simply: a podcast for …