About Tawcan
Hi, I’m Bob Lai from Vancouver Canada. Tawcan.com is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog dedicated to chronicling my quest for joyful life and financial independence. My wife and I started our financial …
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Best high-yield Canadian HISA ETFs – Should I invest in them?
Earlier this year, I discussed three key reasons why we don’t invest in GICs and have no plan to invest in them any time soon. After reading that article, a few readers asked about Canadian …
5 stocks we plan to buy in 2024
Back in December, I shared Canadian dividend stocks we’d like to purchase for 2024 TFSA. Since then, we have made our purchases and added more dividends toward our forward annual dividend income (more information in …
5 Best Canadian REITs for 2024 – Why we invest in REITs
A few readers have asked me why we don’t invest in rental properties and invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) instead. There are a few reasons why we prefer investing in Canadian REITs rather …
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 1
With the first half of 2023 in the books, I thought it’d be an interesting exercise to review our dividend portfolio. The key focus will be determining what to do with each position – should …
How to determine if a stock is expensive or not?
“Wow, this stock is really expensive at $500 per share. I ain’t going to buy this expensive stock.” “At $150, I’m not touching that stock with a ten-foot pole.” “I only look at stocks at …