Throughout these updates we will go over the previous month’s dividend income, as well as our rolling 12 month projected dividend income and our progress towards our goal of having $50,000 in annual passive income. (More on our goals and the tax advantages of Canadian dividends in future posts). For reference, I received my first […]
Continue ReadingHow to properly build your TFSA and RRSP accounts – Diversification is key. Or is it?
Today we’ll be covering what to hold in which of your Canadian retirement accounts – namely the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) and the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). For readers from outside of Canada these are roughly equivalent to the Roth IRA and the 401k. As well as what to hold and where, we […]
Continue ReadingWant to retire early? Consider geographical arbitrage!
What the heck is geographical arbitrage? Well, in simple terms it is taking advantage of the fact that there are places in the world that are incredibly inexpensive to live in, in comparison to most of the world. In many cases you can live in these beautiful countries often times for half the cost of […]
Continue ReadingEasy to use dividend portfolio tracker
So, recently I’ve had people asking me how I track my portfolio and how I stay on top of what my yields are portfolio wide. The answer is this: I use spreadsheets. Now before I begin, I am in no way a Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets expert, I have just enough working knowledge to […]
Continue ReadingNet Worth Update – June, 2019 (+$15,772)!
Welcome to the FindependenceCanada June 2019 Net Worth Update. This is where we track our monthly updates on our quest to a One Million dollar net worth and beyond. We have worked diligently over the last few years to go from having a negative net worth to the position we are in here today, and we hope […]
Continue ReadingOur Findependence Portfolios June Update
We want to help others find stocks that pay dividends and find a way to financial independence, hopefully this page will be of some use to you as it details how we’re doing it! Think of us as an investing for dummies (at least one half of us anyway) we ‘re following the guiding principals […]
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