[Scrumtick]

Lots of good advice. For monk, I'd rank stats in the following for solo leveling:
AC>stamina>strength>resists>all other stats.

If you wanted to group and be a puller:
resists>strength>AC>stamina>all else assuming you can avoid being hit most of the time (i.e. you're not the tank) and really only need to worry about nukes.

End game:
Resists>AC>stamina>strength since you can easily cap strength with buffs and decent gear at high lvl.

It's very important that you stay below the weight cap for monks. The monk wiki page describes this aspect. Going above the weight cap will drastically lower your AC.