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 $3,000 dividends per month. Our dream is to become financially independent and live off dividends by 2025.
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Many people think investing is only about reading stock charts, going through the different financial parameters, reading quarterly and annual reports, and determining the future growth of a company. Although all of these are valid …
Since Canadians can’t deduct mortgage interests in our income tax filing, many Canadian homeowners use Smith Maneuver as a legal strategy to enable them to make their mortgages tax-deductible. Essentially, Canadians would borrow money against …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably have heard that the stock market is crashing. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is down by 23.55% and the NASDAQ is down by 32.76%, and the Russell …
Mrs. T and I are working toward financial independence by investing in dividend stocks and index ETFs. Our plan is to live off dividends so we are always on the lookout for great dividend stocks …
Welcome to another monthly dividend update. Through these regular dividend updates, I hope to demonstrate that it is possible to build up a sizable dividend portfolio and eventually live off dividends. For those that are …
Recently I was featured in an article called “Experts say dividend-paying stocks are not for everyone.” Since the article is by The Canadian Press, it appears on many different sites and I certainly had my …
Although I grew up in a household where my dad retired in his early 40s and a couple of my cousins reached financial independence and/or retired early in their 40s, I had never really put …
