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 $4,500 in dividends per month. Our dream is to become financially independent and live off dividends by 2025.
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Many Canadian investors know there’s a 15% withholding tax on US dividends. You can avoid this costly withholding tax if you hold US dividend stocks inside your RRSP, as there is absolutely no tax levied …
Long time readers will probably remember that I have been setting goals and resolutions since 2019 and posting quarterly updates to keep myself accountable throughout the year. 2023 was no different. At beginning of this …
Hello everyone, welcome to another monthly dividend income update. I have been writing these monthly dividend income updates since I started this blog back in July 2014. Why do I keep writing these monthly dividend …
Thanks to higher demands and supply shortages, oil prices and oil-related stocks have gone for a nice run over the last year and a half. Despite this run, I continue to believe that renewable energy …
When Mrs. T was pregnant, we knew having a baby would require us to buy a few baby things, despite us being frugal. While we have the belief that kids are only as expensive as …
Back in late 2017, I reviewed our top 5 long term holdings. Looking back, I was shocked that we used to hold a total of 72 dividend stocks and 2 index ETFs. I will be …
If you are visiting this blog, you are probably very interested in the dividend growth investing strategy. Many readers have reached out to me why we don’t forget about individual dividend stocks and just invest …
