As part of the annual rebalancing and our new role as parents, I sold almost all the individual shares.

A few thoughts on this;

I started with the Core Satellite plan, my core was a World ETF or now the All World.

I wanted to build satellites around it that could beat the market and bring me my alpha.

I think this is the plan of many, but I got lost somewhere and my satellites became more and more diversified and in the end they moved like the market.

I think satellites can or should be undiversified and make up a higher percentage of the portfolio.

If I am sure that they will beat the market then I can also choose 1-3 positions and weight them with 5-10%.

You can think what you like about dividend stocks in the 20s or 30s, I don't see any alpha here and I don't need cash flow to stay motivated.

This currently leaves me with 5, soon 6 positions and my work with the portfolio remains manageable.

It currently stands at around €110,000.

Sold:

$AAPL (+1.26%) Apple +50%

$GOOGL (+0.04%) Alphabet +48%

$DHL (+1.33%) German Post +38%

$AMZN (+0.2%) Amazon +33%

$BLK Blackrock +14.7%

$JNJ (+0.25%) Johnson&Johnson +2.6%

$SPYD (+1.64%) S&P US Dividend Aristocrats -1%

$KO (+0.69%) Coca Cola -3.3%

$O (+0.55%) Realty Income -5.6%

$BATS (+1.84%) British American Tabacco -15.4%

Increased:

$VWRL (+1.02%) FTSE AlI-World

$DXS0 (+0.68%) Swiss Leader

Initial purchase:

$965515 (+1.75%) Physical gold (5% of the portfolio)