I so appreciate all these articles, as I'm in the process of becoming a DIY investor. I haven't bought anything yet; I'm at the stage where I've opened two registered accounts with one of the big banks's online broker and, while waiting for money to be transferred into those accounts, I am reading everything I can on a list of some 30 stocks I've entered into a virtual portfolio I created with Morningstar. I am checking Globe Investor every day too, of course, :-), and because of that, my list of stocks keeps growing while simultaneously, I am becoming more selective. Anyway, this is one of my questions exactly: how can I make sure my portfolio is balanced? I've used Morningstar's X-ray feature to try to answer that question, but I'm not sure I'm interpreting correctly all the information it provides, though what I do get is helpful. Like one commentator says here, it's all about educating oneself and taking whatever time it needs to make a decision.