Long time readers of this blog know that I created this blog to chronical our financial independence journey. Although technically we can be financially independent today, we decided to take the slow approach. We decided that we call ourselves financially independent when our dividend income …

Last week I was in Washington DC for five days and attended the annual personal finance conference – FinCon. I went to FinCon 2017 in Dallas but missed last year’s event in Orlando. This year, I knew I must attend to learn more about blogging …

One of the best things you can do, as an investor, is to read a company’s annual and quarterly reports. Reading these reports is especially important when you are looking to invest in a new company that you may not be familiar with. It can …

It’s hard to believe that it is September already, meaning that three quarters of 2019 is almost gone. Over the next couple of days, Baby T1.0 will start Grade 1 and Baby T2.0 will start pre-school. When Baby T1.0 was born, many people told Mrs. …

“Hmm what the heck did I get myself into?” I thought to myself while walking toward GM Place in downtown Vancouver. 

Being uncomfortable in a new surrounding

It was Nov 7, 2001. All around me, many people were dressed in black clothing, some even …

Long-time readers know that I have been writing monthly dividend income updates as a way to keep us honest and demonstrate that it is possible to build a sizable dividend portfolio. Like many dividend growth investors, our goal is to have our dividend portfolio generating …

This blog has been in existence for over 5 years. To my surprise, most of these posts I have published have been written by me exclusively. I have only published a few guest blog posts. While I still have some really great ideas to share …

Can you believe that summer is half over? So far this summer we have not seen the summer scorching heat here in Vancouver. Instead, we have had rainy days occasionally. We Vancouverites actually welcome a tamer summer since that means fewer forest fires. It’s a …

As a long-running family tradition, my parents gave our kids red envelopes with money inside for Chinese New Year earlier this year. Being a natural saver and thinking about the future, I then took the money and put it in a savings account for them. …

A while ago, I started a financial independence retire early (FIRE) interview series where I interviewed Canadians who are either financially independent, retired early, or close to these key financial milestones. The reason for the series is to bring more Canadian perspective as I feel …