I like to work with $10-15k parcels just to balance out the brokerage, and occasionally buy more than one parcel in each stock.
3-4 stocks with $10-30k in each is my usual MO.
Currently CXY $25k, LNC $22k, POS $20k, and waiting for one of the following to become a buy: HFA, NXS, BLY, OEX, MEL,
