In February 2024, I opened a securities account with Trade Republic and started saving 60 "stable" stocks from the S&5 500 per month with the aim of beating the S&P ETF in the long term. Since May, more than 30 additional stocks have been added and have proven to be an excellent decision so far. Among others $SFM (-2.87%)
$AMP (+0.51%)
$CMI (-1.04%)
$SNA (-0.92%)
$FI (-1.27%)
$PANW (-1.17%)
$ANET (-1.79%) .

There are now over 150 positions and not only 🇺🇸 shares (over 90%) in the portfolio but also a handful from 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇳🇱🇯🇵🇸🇬. They still have to prove their quality, but so far only 🇺🇸 stocks have delivered performance.

9 months since the start, my "ETF" can keep up quite well although the goal of beating the S&P500 has not yet been achieved. But I'm close and in July the gap was somewhat wider.

Conclusion: The popular dividend stocks have not provided performance in the portfolio as $JNJ (-1.03%)
$KO (-0.8%)
$PG (+0.45%)
$PEP (+0.74%) The popular growth stocks from the semiconductor sector have not yet been able to prove their quality either. $ASML (+5.79%)
$SNPS (-0.84%)
$KLAC (+0.66%)
$LRCX (+1.68%)
$AMAT (+1.69%) The healthcare sector has also been somewhat disappointing. $ISRG (+0.76%) and $SYK (+0.38%) are positive exceptions here.

The usual suspects, on the other hand, have performed very well, although Microsoft is lagging a little behind. Otherwise, the financial sector and almost all stocks in the industrial sector have performed well so far.

Let's see how things continue to develop.😁