Based on the recent readers’ survey, 53.8% of you enjoy reading the Random Thoughts posts and 43.8% of you enjoy reading them when they’re investing-related. Only 2.3% of you believe these posts are too random ... Read more| Tawcan
Over the years, we have done a number of financial independence journey reviews. Many of them were backward-looking looking with us doing some simulated| Tawcan
The reitrement landscape in Canada. How to create a durable income stream for retirement.| Tawcan
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. Weekend Reading – Creating Your Retirement Paycheque Hello! Welcome to a new Weekend Reading edition about creating your retirement income paycheque. I’m developing mine in real-time! In case you missed my most recent post, here was our June 2025 dividend income update. It moved higher… June 2025 Dividend Income Update Weekend Reading – Creating Your… Join the million dollar portfolio journey. The article Weekend Reading – Creating Your...| My Own Advisor
Since having our financial epiphany in 2011, we have changed how we view our finances and most importantly, how we invest our money. Dividend growth investing| Tawcan
For those of you who are new to this blog, I have been posting monthly dividend income updates to keep us accountable. We also use these regular updates to| Tawcan
Reviewing our 1H 2020 +$70,000 dividend stock purchases. Find out how we did with our dividend stock purchases. Losers and winners are analyzed.| Tawcan
Since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year. I then provide an update on this blog every quarter. If I do the math right, this| Tawcan
Welcome to our latest monthly dividend income update.| Tawcan
5 Best Canadain REITs for 2022 and beyond. Why we love REITs.| Tawcan
Welcome to our latest monthly dividend income update!| Tawcan
Last week Reader B, a fellow Canadian shared his amazing dividend investing story with us. B and his wife retired in 2004 at age 55 and have been living off| Tawcan
So I have decided to review our 2020 dividend stock transactions.| Tawcan
Welcome to another dividend income update. Since the creation of this blog back in 2014, I have been posting monthly dividend income reports to keep ourselves| Tawcan
Our story on how we got started with dividend investing. Why dividend growth investing is our core investing strategy and why we like dividend.| Tawcan
Examining 3 ways to grow dividend income and why organic dividend growth and dividend reinvesting plans are so important.| Tawcan
The 16 dividend payouts added up to $8,287.55 which is a new monthly record for us! It’s pretty neat to start off the year with a monthly dividend income of| Tawcan
Another year almost in the books means that a new year is almost around the corner and the new TFSA contribution room will be available for all eligible| Tawcan
Some readers have asked about how we invest our own money and what our portfolio breakdown is like. So I thought it’s time for some explanation on how we| Tawcan
These four dividend hikes increased our forward annual dividend income by $127.96. I was very pleased to see a payout increase of more than 10% from both Visa| Tawcan
Should I invest in high yield covered call ETFs to increase my dividend income?| Tawcan
What are dividends? With other DGI investors, we picked out the best US dividend stocks.| Tawcan
What are some of the best Canadian utility stocks? Why you should definitely invest in the Canadian utility sector.| Tawcan
Living off dividends. Find out how a fellow Canadian retired at 55 and now living off dividends ($360k a year!) and paying almost no taxes.| Tawcan
Does it make sense to invest US dividend stocks in TFSA? Well, I think there are so many different factors to consider, it’s really difficult to have a firm| Tawcan
The interesting idea is simple: Should we go all in on QQQ with our RRSPs?| Tawcan
Although we can be financially independent if we choose to, we decided to postpone FI by building up our dividend portfolio so we can one day live off| Tawcan
Both Mrs. T and I had a frugal uprising and learned to always spend less than we earned but we didn’t focus on our finances until our financial epiphany in| Tawcan
It’s a new month and that means it’s time for another monthly dividend income update.| Tawcan
Hello everyone, welcome to another monthly dividend income update.| Tawcan
Welcome to our latest dividend income update, moving higher thanks to some purchases and raises. April 2024 Dividend Income Update.| My Own Advisor
Many readers will recall that Mrs. T and I are aiming to become financially independent via dividend income by 2025. The goal is to have our dividend| Tawcan
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| Tawcan
Last year was the 5th year I set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year and provided quarterly updates here on this blog. Out of the 13 goals and| Tawcan
Looking for stable monthly income during retirement? Take a look at the best preferred share ETFs in Canada and why you might want to consider investing in one.| Tawcan
I decided to include a couple more names in my top five Canadian dividend stocks to hold forever list. For Option 5, TD, Royal Bank, and Fortis remain on the| Tawcan
