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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In 2009, when Personal Capital first came out, I decided to give it a try but quickly found out it was designed for Americans only. Personal Capital couldn’t access Canadian financial institutions so it was …
Last year I started publishing my annual goals & resolutions. I then provided an update every quarter. This kept me very motivated and kept myself accountable for my goals. As a result, I met and …
The financial independence retire early movement is getting a lot of attention lately. While it’s nice to see the movement gaining traction, I feel most of the major media coverage has been very early retirement …
Can you believe that there are only three months left for 2020? Given that I’ve been working from home since the middle of March and for the most part we have been staying at home, …
Long time readers will recall that when Baby T1.0 was born, we decided to set up a dividend portfolio for him. We had a simple idea: pick 15 dividend paying stocks and DRIP all dividends …
Have you ever thought about what defines who you are? Why do we do things in a certain way? Why are some of us spenders? Why do some of us have a candid ability to …
Since joining the PC Insiders program, I have become more and more interested in the PC Optimum points program and how I could earn more points to redeem against grocery bills. To take advantage of …
