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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With 2024 just around the corner, I’m sure many Canadian investors, ourselves included, are getting excited about the new TFSA contribution room. Recently it became official that the 2024 TFSA contribution limit will be $7,000. …
Lately, I have received many emails and questions on Twitter asking me about split-shares, or split-share corporations (split corp for short). Specifically, are split-shares safe for building a dividend portfolio? Some readers also asked why …
To many people’s surprise, the US inflation rate in October slowed down to 3.2%, lower than anticipated, causing people to believe that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes are working and cooling the inflation rate. …
It’s hard to believe it’s already November and there are only two months left in 2023. Given that the stock market has been extremely volatile, many Canadian dividend stocks have seen better days. I bet …
It’s never too early to start looking forward. I’ve been doing this on my site for some time and doing a bunch of assumptions and simulations on what our financial independence retire early might look …
Long time readers will know that I believe in time in the market instead of timing the market. Investment isn’t a short term game. We must think long term. To do so, one must be …
It’s hard to believe that Q3 2023 is already behind us and it’s time to do a Q3 goals and resolutions update. For those readers who are new since 2019, I have been setting goals …
