For those who are interested in building a similiar type portfolio, here are the points i find useful to look for. (those expert investors might find this too basic n might want to give it a miss)I try to keep it short so that readers can quickily get the point. 1) look at dividend history. Forget about companies which skip dividends. We dont want to have a skipped dividend mth during retirement years, do we? Telephone bills still come every mth, like it or not. 2) make a tick of those companies which are able to raise their dividends over the past decade. 3) select undervalued companies if possible ie pb <1. Not to say pb>1 we cannot, we can too, for blue chips with a strong brand n sustainable moat eg st eng sia eng sats (local), mcd colgate chevron (usa) 4) create a spreadsheet or simply write ...