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Top No-Load Mutual Funds Model Portfolios

Every Quarter We Update Our Model Portfolios of Best Performing No-Load Mutual Funds, Fidelity Mutual Funds, and Vanguard Mutual Funds. Besides possible changes in Asset Allocation, we let you know of any new funds to buy for your portfolio, or previous funds to sell from your portfolio. Here are our portfolios for April of 2006.

All Funds Model Portfolio

% Return

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

William Blair Income N

WBRRX

STB

(0.05)

2.36

2.28

8%

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

IGB

(0.01)

2.20

3.11

6%

DWS High Income Plus Inv

MGHVX

HYB

2.61

7.72

12.29

8%

Neuberger Berman Real Estate

NBRFX

RE

14.67

39.25

33.06

4%

Cohen & Steers Realty Shares

CSRSX

RE

15.14

42.25

36.03

4%

Alpha Hedged Strategies

ALPHX

Hdg

6.60

9.77

8.90

10%

*Julius Baer International Equiy

BJBIX

Intl

12.95

31.88

33.60

5%

Marsico International Opportunity

MIOFX

Intl

9.99

34.98

32.28

5%

Selected American Shares

SLASX

LCC

2.98

13.14

20.51

5%

TCW Dividend Focused N

TGIGX

LCV

4.28

8.33

20.73

5%

Kinetics Paradigm

WWNPX

MCC

13.03

29.55

32.82

5%

Buffalo Mid Cap

BUFMX

MCG

6.77

29.20

26.42

5%

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

MCV

5.55

15.84

28.95

5%

Pennsylvania Mutual Inv

PENNX

SCC

11.97

26.83

30.99

5%

Royce Value Plus Inv

RYVPX

SCC

15.38

38.05

46.20

5%

Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities

KSCOX

SCV

14.75

34.09

32.59

5%

Your Brokerage Money Mkt or

MM

0.88

2.86

1.38

10%

Tax Exempt Money Mkt

 

TEMM

0.58

2.02

1.06

 

Portfolio Return

7.03

18.56

20.40

100%

Fidelity Investments

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

STB

0.56

2.87

2.29

10%

Capital & Income

FAGIX

HYB

3.55

9.55

15.31

10%

Strategic Income

FSICX

MSB

1.37

5.66

9.09

10%

Real Estate Investments

FRESX

RE

13.62

38.15

32.15

10%

International Discovery

FIGRX

Intl

9.76

30.54

34.07

10%

Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

LCC

4.62

14.86

18.63

10%

Contrafund

FCNTX

LCG

4.75

21.35

22.36

10%

Value

FDVLX

MCV

6.62

20.93

27.56

10%

Small Cap Independence

FDSCX

SCC

10.69

24.27

25.12

10%

Cash Reserves or

FDRXX

MM

1.02

3.44

1.88

10%

AMT Tax Free Money Fund

FIMXX

TEMM

0.69

2.49

1.49

 

Portfolio Return

5.66

17.16

18.85

100%

Vanguard

 

 

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Corp

VFSTX

STB

0.60

3.20

2.56

15%

GNMA

VFIIX

IGB

(0.03)

3.20

2.95

10%

High-Yield Corporate

VWEHX

HYB

1.71

6.35

8.42

10%

REIT Index

VGSIX

RE

14.79

38.61

31.14

10%

International Value

VTRIX

Intl

11.09

29.91

35.01

10%

Windsor II

VWNFX

LCV

3.57

10.48

21.22

10%

Strategic Equity

VSEQX

MCC

9.12

22.28

28.03

15%

Explorer

VEXPX

SCG

11.46

25.79

27.85

10%

Prime Money Mkt or

VMMXX

MM

1.05

3.52

1.93

10%

Tax Exempt Money Mkt

VMSXX

TEMM

0.73

2.65

1.63

 

Portfolio Return

5.82

15.61

17.44

100%

* Funds Closed to New Investors.

 

Portfolio Changes For 2nd Quarter 2006

There were no changes to the bond funds in our portfolios except that Scudder High Income Plus changed its name DWS High Income Plus Inv (MGHVX) just to make sure you know that Deutche Bank has taken over the fund.

We were disappointed that Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) closed its doors to new investors, so if you did not miss the boat and already own that fund, consider adding to it.

The only deletion this quarter is RS Value (RSVAX) which has not kept up with our other Mid Cap choices.

We made a couple of additions this quarter by adding the Wells Fargo Advantage Discoverer (STDIX) fund in the Mid Cap Growth category and Small Cap Core fund ABN AMRO/TAMRO Small Cap (ATASX).

Asset Allocations For 2nd Quarter 2006

There are no changes to our Asset Allocations for the 2nd Quarter of 2006.

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