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Adequate size. A sufficiently strong financial condition. Continued dividends for at least the past 20 years. No earnings deficit in the past ten years. Ten-year growth of at least one-third in per-share earnings. Price of stock no more than

I always keep some stalwarts in my portfolio because they offer pretty good protection during recessions and hard times.

For a focus on large growth (complemented elsewhere in the portfolio by large value, of course), the five options I list here all provide good exposure to the asset class. Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) Indexed to: CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index (280 or so of the nation’s largest growth stocks) Expense ratio: 0.04 percent Average market cap: $276.4 bi

Typical Windsor fare featured good companies with solid market positions and evidence of room to grow.

These large-cap stocks that you’ll find in VTI are value and growth as well as in-between (blend) stocks. If you have a very small portfolio, and you really want to keep things super simple, then VTI (which just celebrated its 20th birthday) is a great ETF to hold. But for most investors, it would be wise to have large-cap stocks separate from smal

With the stalwarts you have to consider taking profits more readily than you would with a Shoney’s, or a Service Corporation International. Stalwarts are stocks that I generally buy for a 30 to 50 percent gain, then sell and repeat the process with similar issues that haven’t yet appreciated.

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) Indexed to: Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index (230 or so of the largest and presumably fastest-growing U.S. firms) Expense ratio: 0.04 percent Average market cap: $335.8 billion P/E ratio: 40 Top five holdings: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet Russell’s review: For the sake