07-29-2014, 10:04 AM
I think 10 is a bare minimum if you are focusing on quality blue chips with good balance sheets, although I don't think I'd be comfortable in retirement with any less than 20.
I own around 65 positions across 4 accounts and feel that I can keep up on news reasonably well. The majority of my stocks are high quality so its generally a quick glance at quarterly earnings to make sure nothing major is happening and I just let dividends reinvest and compounding to work its magic.
Otherwise I have a few more speculative plays that I keep up with more by following investor presentations and earnings conference calls and whatever else I can find for research.
I own around 65 positions across 4 accounts and feel that I can keep up on news reasonably well. The majority of my stocks are high quality so its generally a quick glance at quarterly earnings to make sure nothing major is happening and I just let dividends reinvest and compounding to work its magic.
Otherwise I have a few more speculative plays that I keep up with more by following investor presentations and earnings conference calls and whatever else I can find for research.