Hello all! I am new to this fourm, and I would love to become a community member. I am currently 18 years old and in college.

I recently did weeks of research to find the best stocks for my dividend strategy. I put in a fair amount of money, and I bought about 1 share of 27 companies. I had some money left over so I bought 4 shares of a high dividend oil company. I just had a quick question about balancing my portfolio.

My main goal is to build up my portfolio for dividend income to reinvest, so it would be like compound interest, and I was thinking about putting in ~$200 a month. To reduce commission fees, I was going to buy one stock a month but in blocks of about $200. Would the best way to diversify this be to buy 1 stock a month out of my 27 companies? Should I stick with 1 share of each or should I buy more of the smaller cost companies so I diversify my money and not stocks.

All suggestions are welcome
Thanks,
Kyle