Its the end of 2017, let's just do a little checkpoint to see how much am I closer to my target :) I started building my portfolio in Oct 2014. So close to 3 years of results. STI vs my portfolio: My portfolio already beat STI for many months with the cumulative amount of dividends collected, but if you count only capital gain, I still beat the market. Portfolio by stocks: I am currently still in the process of diversifying my portfolio such that they should not exceed more than 5% of my total portfolio. I am always looking out for more high dividend stocks to buy so that I will be more diversified. The recent bear market has allowed me many opportunities to pickup blue chips and mid cap chips with high dividends I have 22 stocks with me now and will be targeting to reach more than 30 ......