Dividend Portfolio - First year in market review

[fenders53]

I have the benefit of hindsight and this is not how I did it. Start with a diverse group of stocks you like and follow them. Industrials, finance, healthcare, communications, utiilities, consumer cyclicals, consumer non-cyclicals etc. Over the course of a few years you notice the market rotates. Always put some portion of your new money in an out of favor beaten up sector. All of these sectors have dividend paying stocks. I's OK to own a small cap but go easy until you see what they do in a market downturn. Some of them disappear every bear market.