Good morning,

I haven't had any individual stocks in the last 10 years, but have now decided to invest in 10 stocks again. I have already chosen 9 of them, one is still missing. Perhaps someone can give me a tip.

I have the following criteria:

-No tech, I have enough of that already

-If possible, no USA. But this is not an exclusion

-Dividend doesn't matter

-Investment horizon > 10 years

Here are the 9:

$LOTB (+1.86%)

$CTAS (-1.16%)

$LIN (-0.42%)

$8001 (+0.07%)

$RMS (-0.06%)

$LMT (+1.04%)

$V (-1.45%)

$BRK.B (-0.5%)

$BLK

If there are any concerns about the nine, I will gladly take some out again

Update: @RealMichaelScott Someone has asked in the comments for the reasoning behind my selection so far. I'd like to answer that here:

There are a few more smart criteria that fit my preferences and gut feeling. These would be:

I like stocks with long-phase linear growth, see $CTAS (-1.16%) in the last 12 months and $8001 (+0.07%) . $LOTB (+1.86%) is one of the best stocks in the world in my opinion. Exponential growth will certainly turn around at some point, but I don't like cyclicals. I also value positive free cash flow. I am not interested in P/E ratios (for whatever reason). Another reason is diversity with the 10 stocks, I'm not sure yet. $LIN (-0.42%) was and would still be the only DAX stock that makes it to me. I would have gladly done without Armor, but unfortunately it will be part of the next 10 years, so $LMT (+1.04%) . I'm also looking for stocks that closed 2020 and 2022 on a positive note.

$BRK.B (-0.5%) is somehow part of such a portfolio:-), I'm not sure about $V (-1.45%) I'm not sure about. Thanks for the suggestions on medical+health, that's definitely still missing. I still have doubts about energy. Due to the climate problem, I don't know where the journey will take us.

Update 2: Thanks for all the good suggestions. I took advantage of the bad weather and the window day today and have now made my decision:

$BLK (+0.7%) flies out again, $V (-1.45%) stays

Instead there are 2 new ones from your suggestions:

$CAT (-0.55%) and $NOVO B (-0.43%)

So it looks like this:

$LOTB (+1.86%)

$CTAS (-1.16%)

$LIN (-0.42%)

$8001 (+0.07%)

$RMS (-0.06%)

$LMT (+1.04%)

$V (-1.45%)

$BRK.B (-0.5%)

$CAT (-0.55%)

$NOVO B (-0.43%)

I did a backtest from 1.1.2020, all equally weighted

Average annual return: 24.32%

Total return approx. twice as high as the S&P ETF $CSPX (-0.18%)

In the difficult years 2020 and 2022 each over 13% plus

10k became 28.5k with dividends in the 4.5 years

Nice linear progression over the entire term:

But unfortunately: forecasts are difficult, especially when they concern the future!