Recently a reader name J reached out to me to share his story on financial independence retire early in Canada. What’s neat is the fact that he’s also located in Vancouver. Because his story is so cool, I asked him if he was willing to …

Since beginning of 2017 we have deployed roughly $13,700 to purchase more dividend stocks. But we are far from being done for 2017.

The recent market volatility provided an opportunity to deploy some more cash. So we purchased the following stocks:

• 120 shares of Hydro

Why do I like dividend income so much? Because it’s our money working hard for us so we don’t have to. For example, I was on the road for 16 days in February but we still received dividend income from our dividend portfolio nonetheless.

When …

The other day I was playing Lego with Baby T1.0. He found some wheels from his Lego box, where we keep all the Lego pieces, and went on to build an “airplane car” with random Lego parts. While busy constructing, he was telling me stories …

When it comes to Financial Independence Retirement Early (FIRE), there are lots of calculators & simulators on the internet to estimate when one can reach FIRE. As luck have it, I also created a calculator myself. Based on my Early Retirement Financial Independence spreadsheet calculator…

Since getting back from my 2 week Asian work trip middle of last week, life has been busy. Between work, running after two toddlers (Baby T2.0 started walking while I was away!!!), maintaining a good marriage & relationship with Mrs. T, and a long to-do …

Although I am a self-declared personal finance expert here on Tawcan.com, I tend to avoid talking about personal finance unless I know you well (must be the polite Canadian in me). I typically listen in on discussions and see where the discussions end up …