How to mange duplication of stocks between to portfolio

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I’ve allocated my total portfolio between the early stage Dividend Growth and also the early stage Growth portfolios shown on the Stocktrade.ca website.
And I see that there is a duplication of some stocks between these two portfolios, such as Telus and Granite REIT
My questions are – Should I hold these two stocks mentioned above in both portfolios or rather for Telus in the Growth Dividend hold, say, BCE and for Granite REIT Cdn hold, say, Dream Industrial REIT or Cdn Apartment REIT?
And the alternative to this option above is to look at the total portfolio weights for such stocks and if, for example, Telus and Granite REIT are less than ,say, 8%,  hold just them rather an alternative stock???
Thanks for your take…….Tom

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Asked on May 14, 2023 3:23 pm
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Thanks Matt your insightful comments...and me, "gets it"....Tom

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Posted by Tom Millar
Answered on May 15, 2023 12:57 pm
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IMO - no matter how many portfolios you have, you still need to be mindful of overall single stock allocation. So for example, if Telus and Granite are creeping up to 10% (each) of your portfolio, you may want to consider lightening up. For me at least, that would be too high for any single stock. I like to try and keep them around 5% of my overall portfolio (which includes ALL my stocks spread out across multiple accounts).

You can substitute for other stocks like BCE and Dream Industrial, but you also have to be mindful of over-allocating to a certain industry or sector as well. In your example, if I wanted to diversify a little more, I'd probably take CAR.UN over Dream because it is an apartment REIT - so a different industry. If say, GRT.UN is 5% and CAR.UN is 5%, then overall REIT is 10% (which is fine) but at least they are two different REIT industries. If you were to do GRT.UN and DIR.UN, then it would be 10% all in the Industrial industry - that may be a little much.

Trust that makes sense? Fell free to comment if you need more clarification.

Mat

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Posted by Mathieu Litalien
Answered on May 15, 2023 12:45 pm