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 (-0,09 %) Apple +50%

$GOOGL (+1,47 %) Alphabet +48%

$DHL (-0,24 %) German Post +38%

$AMZN (+0,53 %) Amazon +33%

$BLK Blackrock +14.7%

$JNJ (-0,15 %) Johnson&Johnson +2.6%

$SPYD (+0,24 %) S&P US Dividend Aristocrats -1%

$KO (-1,29 %) Coca Cola -3.3%

$O (+0,21 %) Realty Income -5.6%

$BATS (-0,16 %) British American Tabacco -15.4%

Increased:

$VWRL (+0,61 %) FTSE AlI-World

$DXS0 (+0,59 %) Swiss Leader

Initial purchase:

$965515 (-0,33 %) Physical gold (5% of the portfolio)