2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
Personal Finance
Personal finance, the fundation of Tawcan.com. Personal finance is and should be personal. A list of personal finance related topics and tips that we can all learn from.
How to save money – 8 frugal habits to practice
Long time readers will remember that our investing strategy boils down to these four simple steps: What does spending below our means, or living below our means really signify? It simply means spending less than …
DIY Wealth Canada Episode #2 – How We Build Wealth
This week on the show, Nelson and I discuss the various strategies they’ve used to build wealth over the years. We talk about budgeting, maximizing your savings rate, and how we both embraced frugality. I …
13 Best Canadian Dividend Stocks for 2025
Mrs. T and I are working toward financial independence by investing in dividend stocks and index ETFs. Our plan is to live off dividends by having between $60,000 to $70,000 in dividend income. We may …
Best ETFs in Canada – Building wealth via ETF investing
While I write a lot of articles about dividend growth investing, in reality, we are hybrid investors. We invest in both individual dividend stocks and index ETFs. Generally speaking, I believe most Canadian investors, especially …
Step-By-Step Guide on How to Make a Dividend Portfolio Spreadsheet (Dividend Tracker)
This post was originally published in 2016. The key formula used in the dividend spreadsheet template for dividend info from Google Finance was formulated back in 2014. Due to the changes in Google Finance in …
How to Start Investing in Dividend Paying Stocks
I’m neither an expert stock trader nor a stock trading professional but I have been investing in individual dividend paying stocks for over ten years. When I first purchased ING Canada (now called Intact Financial), …