You won't escape the permanent underclass by investing in ETFs.
My principles on portfolio construction:
If your portfolio is under ~$300k, I generally advise 5-10 high conviction stocks.
That amount seems to be a nice balance between growth + diversification.
Right now, something like this could work well (NFA):
- Growth (70%) - $SNDK / $MU / $AAOI / $NBIS / $AEHR / $RKLB / $RDDT
- Stability (30%) - $NVDA / $GOOGL / $MSFT which compound over the years
Just for a random subset of names, and obviously dependent on your personal risk profile.