My beef with personal finance gurus
I have a confession to make today – I have serious beef with many personal finance gurus. I totally disagree with the following advice many of them give: use cash, do not use credit cards. Today …
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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Dividend Income – July 2016 Update
After spending a hectic week in China and Hong Kong in middle of July basking in the ridiculous hot sun and extreme humidity, it was nice to spend a relaxing week with my family in the …
Our financial independence assumptions
This article is inspired by Mark’s recent post on his blog where he revisited their financial independence assumptions. I have shared some numbers on this little blog of mine in the past like the Early Retirement/Financial Independence …
The importance of appreciation
I found the following list while going through some old documents on my Google Drive the other day. It’s interesting to reflect and see something that I wrote down 4 years ago. 20 Things to …
Personal finance thoughts from China
I’m in Shenzhen, China this week for work. Shenzhen is the one of the high tech meccas in China and it’s pretty crazy to consider that there are over 10 million people living in this …
Life Reflection
Today a co-worker of mine lost his battle with ALS. He was a kind gentleman and a good friend to many of us. Because he worked remotely, I only saw him every few months. The last few …
Dividend Income – June 2016 Update
Wow I can’t believe 2016 is half way over already. It’s that time of the month where I post my favourite topic – monthly dividend income update! For those of you that are new to …