I surely think you can have too few holdings to be safe and obviously too many to track ( part time at least), but the "right" number I think depends on opportunity and personal insight -- or dumb luck ;-)
I bought CSX and NSC . Then I started to think about how things "move," and EXPD came on my radar. Now I find myself thinking about transportation overall, rather than just CSX and NSC as two good dividend stocks to own (as I mentioned elsewhere, I usually buy two "biggie's" in a field like MDC & YUM or CSX & NSC).
I never really imagined I'd have more than 20 or so stocks, but now I find myself with 28. So I think the number of stocks in your portfolio should be more a function of where the "logic" of your strategy takes rather than targeting a set numbed- or even range.
Ronn
I bought CSX and NSC . Then I started to think about how things "move," and EXPD came on my radar. Now I find myself thinking about transportation overall, rather than just CSX and NSC as two good dividend stocks to own (as I mentioned elsewhere, I usually buy two "biggie's" in a field like MDC & YUM or CSX & NSC).
I never really imagined I'd have more than 20 or so stocks, but now I find myself with 28. So I think the number of stocks in your portfolio should be more a function of where the "logic" of your strategy takes rather than targeting a set numbed- or even range.
Ronn