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📓 Investor's Log

Welcome to the rambling section about reaching your goals and live life to the fullest! It's all about exiting the rate race and living under your own terms.

The Myth of Forever Dividend Stocks
Eric T

Mar 11, 2026

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14 min read

The Myth of Forever Dividend Stocks

Can you really hold dividend stocks forever? Learn why “forever dividend stocks” are often an illusion and how slower growth can quietly reduce long-term returns.

A Plumber, a $3M Portfolio, and What We Can Learn
Eric T

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

A Plumber, a $3M Portfolio, and What We Can Learn

A real-life $3M retirement portfolio story and the lessons behind it—saving discipline, dividend investing, tax efficiency, and why having a clear retirement number changes everything.

TBNK vs Canadian Bank Stocks: A Simpler Way to Own the Big Six Banks
Eric T

Feb 2, 2026

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8 min read

TBNK vs Canadian Bank Stocks: A Simpler Way to Own the Big Six Banks

Managing Canadian bank stocks is harder than it looks. Learn how TBNK simplifies Big Six bank exposure with a rules-based, low-maintenance ETF approach.

Thoughts on 2025 Popular Canadian Stocks
Eric T

Jan 26, 2026

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8 min read

Thoughts on 2025 Popular Canadian Stocks

Investing is more about emotional comfort than risk or safety. Risk and safety are words used to actually capture your emotion comfort.


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