About Tawcan
Hi, I’m Bob Lai from Vancouver Canada. Tawcan.com is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog dedicated to chronicling my quest for joyful life and financial independence. My wife and I started our financial …
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Living off dividends in Canada – $360k/year & Paying almost no taxes (real case study)
Long time readers will know that my wife and I are deploying a hybrid investing strategy – we invest in both dividend paying stocks and index ETFs. It is our goal to have our portfolio …
Dividend Income – November 2025 Update
Welcome to another monthly dividend income update. The market was somewhat volatile in November. The S&P 500, NASDAQ, and TSX all started November relatively strong, then ran into AI bubble concerns in mid-November. This caused …
5 Best Canadian REITs for 2025 – Why we invest in REITs
A few readers have asked me why we don’t invest in rental properties and invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) instead. There are a few reasons why we prefer investing in Canadian REITs rather …
Best high-yield Canadian HISA ETFs – Should I invest in them?
Earlier this year, I discussed three key reasons why we don’t invest in GICs and have no plan to invest in them any time soon. After reading that article, a few readers asked about Canadian …
5 stocks we plan to buy in 2024
Back in December, I shared Canadian dividend stocks we’d like to purchase for 2024 TFSA. Since then, we have made our purchases and added more dividends toward our forward annual dividend income (more information in …
Is The Smith Manoeuvre a good idea?
Three years ago I had the opportunity to interview Robinson Smith, son of Fraser Smith, who has been advising thousands of Canadian families on the implementation of The Smith Manoeuvre. In that particular interview, we …