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 (-2,81 %)
$AMP (+0,61 %)
$CMI (-0,12 %)
$SNA (+1,15 %)
$FI (+1,27 %)
$PANW (-2,12 %)
$ANET .

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 (+0,03 %)
$KO (-0,4 %)
$PG (-1,24 %)
$PEP (+0,05 %) The popular growth stocks from the semiconductor sector have not yet been able to prove their quality either. $ASML (-1,59 %)
$SNPS (-1,06 %)
$KLAC (+0,46 %)
$LRCX (+0,38 %)
$AMAT (+0,53 %) The healthcare sector has also been somewhat disappointing. $ISRG (-0,89 %) and $SYK (+1,48 %) 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.😁