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 (-0,86 %)
$FI (-1,26 %)
$PANW (-1,13 %)
$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 (-1,1 %)
$KO (-0,83 %)
$PG (+0,44 %)
$PEP (+0,7 %) The popular growth stocks from the semiconductor sector have not yet been able to prove their quality either. $ASML (+5,97 %)
$SNPS (-0,87 %)
$KLAC (+0,54 %)
$LRCX (+1,59 %)
$AMAT (+1,55 %) The healthcare sector has also been somewhat disappointing. $ISRG (+0,65 %) and $SYK (+0,39 %) 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.😁