I currently hold 26 stocks in my dividend portfolio and I am looking to add a couple more stocks to add some more diversification. I currently own no technology or telecommunication stocks and am thinking of adding one to my portfolio. I have not been able to find any technology or telecom stocks I like yet.

I just came across the updated Fortune 40: Best stocks to retire on. The article talks about building a portfolio of stocks that one could use to fund retirement. Most of the stocks on the list are great dividend stocks and I am going to see if I can find a few that I want to do some further research on. Here are some highlights.

We created our flagship retirement portfolio in 2002 with the goal of gathering a rock-solid, diversified group of stocks that could thrive in good times and hold steady in bad. Most of all, the portfolio is designed to be maintained over the long term. Given that philosophy, we don't quake when markets are troubled for shorter periods. Heck, there may even be a buying opportunity or two available.

All things considered, the portfolio performed relatively well in the past year, declining 2.3%. That figure isn't normally something to crow about, but it easily beat the S&P's 8.0% loss during the same time. Our longer-term results are even better. Since its establishment in 2002, the Fortune 40 has generated an average annual return of 15%, besting the S&P's 11%.

Here are the 40 stocks and their ticker symbols
Abbott Laboratories ABT
Colgate Palmolive Co CL
General Mills, Inc GIS
Illinois Tool Works Inc ITW
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
The Coca-Cola Company KO
The Procter & Gamble Company PG
US Bancorp Del USB
Accenture Ltd. ACN
The Chubb Corporation CB
Cisco Systems, Inc CSCO
McKesson Corporation MCK
3M Co MMM
Microsoft Corporation MSFT
Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH
Walgreen Co. WAG
Applied Indl Technologies AIT
Cascade Corp CAE
Carlisle Companies CSL
National Presto Industries NPK
Pfizer Inc PFE
Regal-Beloit Corporation RBC
UST Inc UST
VF Corporation VFC
ADTRAN, Inc ADTN
AVX Corporation AVX
Fair Isaac Corporation FIC
Global Industries Ltd GLBL
Grey Wolf Inc GW
Plexus Corp PLXS
Penn Va Resources Partners PVR
Tessera Technologies Inc TSRA
BP Plc BP
Diageo Plc DEO
Novartis AG NVS
Philips Electronics NV PHG
Sanofi Aventis SNY
Total SA TOT
Unilever Plc UL
Vodafone Group Plc VOD

Disclosure: The Div Guy owns shares of ABT, JNJ, PG, USB and PFE at the time of this post.