Dividend Income – August 2023 Update
Wow, it’s hard to believe that we’re toward the end of summer and fall is just around the corner. I have to be honest, I didn’t check the market all that much in August due …
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 $4,000 in dividends per month. Our dream is to become financially independent and live off dividends by 2025.
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What is the optimum number of stocks to have in a portfolio?
What is the optimum number of stocks to have in a portfolio? For many years, this has been one of the questions I kept asking myself whenever I look at our dividend portfolio. As of …
Is The Smith Manoeuvre a good idea?
Three years ago I had the opportunity to interview Robinson Smith, son of Fraser Smith, who has been advising thousands of Canadian families on the implementation of The Smith Manoeuvre. In that particular interview, we …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 3
Welcome back to Part 3, and the final part of our 1H 2023 dividend portfolio review. I analyzed 31 out of 49 holdings earlier this month. In case you missed the previous analysis, please take …
Dividend Income – July 2023 Update
I hope readers are enjoying the 1H 2023 dividend portfolio review posts I have published in the last couple of weeks. Part 3 and the final part of the portfolio review will go live next …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 2
Last week I reviewed 15 dividend growth stocks out of the 48 that we hold in our dividend portfolio. Our dividend portfolio generated $24,685.91 in the first half of 2023. This dividend income growth has …
Top Canadian Dividend ETFs – Why we don’t own them
Many readers have asked how I feel about dividend ETFs and what are the top Canadian dividend ETFs available in the market today. Mostly, is there a reason why we don’t utilize Canadian dividend ETFs …