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 …
Grow Net Worth
Growing net worth is a very important step to become financially independent retire early. Tips to grow net worth. Growing net worth is one of the most important aspect of personal finance.
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 …
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), …
How to save and invest while enjoying life?
2023 was another year where many Canadians have been spending more money on their day-to-day expenses. Groceries, gas, dining out, airfare, accommodation, movie tickets, concert tickets, and just about every expense has gone up in …
2022 Financial Review: Core Spending $40,563.19 CAD & Net Worth +9.14%
I have been posting our annual financial review since 2016. Originally, I wasn’t going to write about our 2022 financial review, but I was pleasantly surprised when a few readers reached out and asked why …