Dividend Income – Mar 2017 Update
Spring is here and that means A LOT OF RAIN in Vancouver. Thanks to daylight saving kicking in, spring also means longer daylight in the evenings when I get back from work. This is one …
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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Teaching kids about money… one step at a time
At almost 3 and half years old, Baby T1.0 is slowly grasping the concept of money. As someone who has spent a lot of time talking and writing about money, it is fascinating to see …
FIRE Canada Interview #1 – Vancouverite reader J
Recently a reader name J reached out to me to share his story on financial independence retire early in Canada. What’s neat is the fact that he’s also located in Vancouver. Because his story is …
Dividend Income – Feb 2017 Update
Why do I like dividend income so much? Because it’s our money working hard for us so we don’t have to. For example, I was on the road for 16 days in February but we …
Use your imagination
The other day I was playing Lego with Baby T1.0. He found some wheels from his Lego box, where we keep all the Lego pieces, and went on to build an “airplane car” with random …
Are you “Retirement Free?”
When it comes to Financial Independence Retirement Early (FIRE), there are lots of calculators & simulators on the internet to estimate when one can reach FIRE. As luck have it, I also created a calculator …
Some reading materials
Since getting back from my 2 week Asian work trip middle of last week, life has been busy. Between work, running after two toddlers (Baby T2.0 started walking while I was away!!!), maintaining a good …