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 $3,600 in dividends per month. Our dream is to become financially independent and live off dividends by 2025.
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At the beginning of 2022, I established a number of goals and resolutions for myself. The focus in 2022 was to set goals and resolutions that would keep me motivated and inspired throughout the year. …
If you’re reading this blog, there is a good chance that you are interested in financial independence retire early. More specifically, you are looking to invest in dividend growth stocks and live off dividends when …
Happy new year everyone! What a year 2022 was and that wasn’t an understatement. In 2021, our portfolio returned 32.8% excluding all the contributions we made throughout the year. 2022, however, was the opposite – …
Are you a patient investor? Or are you looking at your portfolio multiple times a day, having the itch to sell everything? Despite having done DIY investing for over a decade and making my shares …
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 …
Everywhere in the world, people require electricity and natural gas in their homes every day. Canada is no exception to this modern society rule. In fact, we depend on them. Long time readers will know …
Last week Reader B, a fellow Canadian shared his amazing dividend investing story with us. B and his wife retired in 2004 at age 55 and have been living off dividends since. What’s amazing is …
