Dividend Income – Oct 2017 Update
October was a crazy travel month for me. I spent 2 weeks in Asia for work, then two weeks in Texas for personal vacation. Part of the two weeks in Texas was spent at FinCon17 …
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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Asia Trip – stinky tofu, squid ink ramen, oh my!
The last couple of weeks I was in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan for business. I didn’t spend any time sightseeing, after all, this was a work trip! When I was in Shenzhen, China, my …
How personal finance is like using the toilet
Last week I was on a 13.5 hour flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong. I have done this trip a number of times, and the 13.5 hour flight always felt really long. Mostly because I …
What is your reason for financial independence?
Thanks to work and personal travels, I have set foot on 25 airplanes so far this year, with at least 6 more plane rides planned. Essentially I have been on a plane every single month …
Dividend Income – Sept 2017 Update
With September behind us, that means there are only 3 months left for 2017! So far, 2017 has been an amazing year and I can’t wait to see what is in store for us the next …
Reasons to be thankful
Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Yes we Canadians are a bit backward hence we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than Americans. I guess this is what we get for playing hockey all year round, riding polar …
Our Top 5 Long-Term Holdings
If you look at our dividend portfolio, you will notice that we currently hold 72 dividend stocks and 2 index ETFs. To be honest, I would like to trim down our holding somewhere around 55 …