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 financial 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 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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I started DIY investing while I was in university. Back then, I bought a few stocks based purely on recommendations. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know much about …
Happy holidays! I hope everyone enjoyed their breaks and spent time with their families. 2025 was a great year in terms of the stock market. Just about everything was up! On the blogging front, it …
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 …
One of the most common questions Nelson and I get are about our top portfolio holdings. Readers and listeners want to know what we own and why we own it. So this week at DIY …
Call me a financial nerd, but I have always enjoyed the end of the year. Why? Because I get excited thinking about the upcoming TFSA contribution room and how we will optimally invest the money. …
Long time readers will remember that our investing strategy boils down to these four simple steps: What does spending below our means, or living below our means really signify? It simply means spending less than …
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that, for the most part, we are long-term, buy-and-hold investors. Once we invest in a company, we try to build up our position …
