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Month: April 2019

Life. Death. Financial independence is really not that important…is it?

July 25, 2020April 22, 2019 by Tawcan

The past 2.5 months have been tough for Mrs. T. One early morning after we arrived in Taichung, Mrs. T was checking her emails. While getting the kids dressed, all of a sudden, I heard …

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Q1 2019 Goals and Resolutions Update

August 7, 2020April 18, 2019 by Tawcan

Q1 2019 is over which means it’s time to do a Q1 2019 goals and resolutions update. When I published my goals in January, I wasn’t sure if I’d do monthly or quarterly updates. I …

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When can we become fully financially independent?

July 25, 2020April 15, 2019 by Tawcan

Although we can technically be financially independent today if we really wanted to, we have decided to prolong our financial independence journey. Mrs. T and I have decided that we can declare ourselves fully financially …

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Dividend Income & Financial Independence Journey Update – March 2019

August 11, 2020April 8, 2019 by Tawcan

It’s the beginning of the month and that means it’s my favourite time of the month – it’s time for the monthly dividend income and financial independence journey update! For those of you who are …

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VXC vs. XAW – The battle of ex-Canada international index ETFs

November 28, 2020April 1, 2019 by Tawcan

If you’re a long time reader, you know that we deploy a hybrid investment strategy – we hold both individual dividend-paying stocks and index ETFs in our dividend portfolio. When it comes to an international …

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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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