In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the …
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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Dividend income – October 2015 update
It’s hard to believe that October 2015 is now in the history book. We saw a slight rebound in the stock market this past month. Would this rebound continue in November and December? I guess …
Ask the Readers: how do you track your household finance?
When it comes to entering monthly incomes and expenses, Mrs. T and I are both very good at entering them in our budget spreadsheet. Because we’ve been entering things in the spreadsheet since 2011, monthly budget …
Dividend growth 2015
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that we are investing in dividend stocks to generate dividend income. Our goal is to have sufficient dividend income to cover our expenses one day in the …
What would you do with $10,000,000?
Does money define who you are? Do you treat people differently because they more money or less money than you? Isn’t it sad that we seem to treat rich people differently than poor people? Do …
Stop paying dumb taxes
Why do we invest our hard earn money? What exactly are we investing for? If we ponder deeper, the only reason that we invest today is because we care about our future. Investing is about …
Dividend Income – Sept 2015 update
Ding ding ding! It’s that time of the month again! Please come and join me in the happy dance and let’s move our hands in the air like we don’t care. Yup, it’s time to post an …