Investing 102

[toy71camaro]

well, i am not buying anything yet... actually trying to research what I've already bought, for comparison on whether or not i want to sell it or not to get something else.

I dont own any KMP, and not sure that i will, but i wanted to just use that as an example.

I am trying to "document" what has been previously mentioned for the last 5 and 10 years for each stock:
1. Div %
2. Growth %
3. Total Return
4. Dividends gone up or down?
5. Sector
6. Expense (if any (ie. ETFs)

Then, compare those to the sectors of what i want to be in, and see what i need to diversify.

Like mentioned previously, I want to spread things "even", and keep around 5% of total investment amount in any "one" stock. and want to end up with a half dozen/dozen "solid" sector "Best of the breed" stocks that i am comfortable with.

if that makes sense... unless someone has a suggestion on how i should approach it? (newbie here!!!)