I'm 19 and I am starting a taxable brokerage account. I have maxed my Roth IRA for the last 2 years, but that is handled by my financial advisor. I want to have my own brokerage account to maybe retire early or have easy access to some money if I would ever need it.
I was thinking of having 75% growth stocks and 25% dividend stocks to have a balanced portfolio.
I would like some opinions on which stocks to invest in, or tell me if this is a good blend or not.
For my dividend stocks I am thinking
15% SCHD
5% SPYI
5% QQQI
(maybe I go more schd heavy in the future)
Growth stocks
30% SPY
10% VGT
15% defense stocks
(what would be some good defense stocks)
10% Individual stocks
10% precious metals