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