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Month: September 2016

Create your own happiness

July 25, 2020September 26, 2016 by Tawcan

We live in a media-centric society, which means that we see the following messages multiple times per day: Happiness comes from purchasing, Happiness comes from consuming, Happiness comes from having new things. Rather than letting people tell us how to …

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15 simple (and perhaps weird) ways to save money

July 25, 2020September 19, 2016 by Tawcan

How do we manage to find money to invest in dividend paying stocks when we are a single income family? Simple, by being frugal whenever we can. We are all about living frugally and trying …

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A closer look at free ETF trading – National Bank Discount Brokerage vs. Questrade

September 21, 2020September 15, 2016 by Tawcan

I love receiving reader emails. If you have any questions feel free to contact inie. 🙂 A few days ago, a reader asked: I’m just wondering if you have any comments on Questrade vs. National …

Read moreA closer look at free ETF trading – National Bank Discount Brokerage vs. Questrade

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Our financial independence assumptions – what about taxes?

July 25, 2020September 9, 2016 by Tawcan

Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin 1789. When I wrote about our financial independence assumptions back in July, many readers asked if we were taking taxes into consideration. As …

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Dividend Income – August 2016 Update

July 25, 2020September 6, 2016 by Tawcan

Wow it’s hard to believe that it’s September already. This is the month that we will see Baby T1.0 starting preschool and the start of NHL hockey pre-season. It’s hard to believe that Baby T1.0 is …

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Hi there, I’m Bob from Vancouver Canada.

My wife & I started dividend investing in 2011 with the dream of living off dividends in our 40’s. Today our portfolio generates over $2,250 dividend per month which covers >55% of our expenses.

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