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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 January of 2006. You may notice that we have simplified our portfolios for the new year by showing only one asset allocation.

All Funds Model Portfolio

% Return

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

William Blair Income N

WBRRX

STB

0.55

1.71

2.66

10%

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

IGB

0.30

2.12

3.48

5%

Scudder High Income Plus Invm

MGHVX

HYB

1.36

3.97

13.42

10%

*Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

RE

3.37

14.38

26.27

5%

Cohen & Steers Realty Shares

CSRSX

RE

3.03

14.88

29.99

5%

Alpha Hedged Strategies

ALPHX

Hdg

1.80

2.80

7.54

5%

*Julius Baer International Equiy

BJBIX

Intl

2.95

17.05

25.16

5%

Marsico International Opportunity

MIOFX

Intl

10.07

19.14

25.44

5%

Selected American Shares

SLASX

LCC

4.08

9.90

17.22

5%

TCW Dividend Focused N

TGIGX

LCV

0.41

2.98

16.76

5%

RS Value

RSVAX

MCC

0.77

11.67

33.83

5%

Buffalo Mid Cap

BUFMX

MCG

5.80

13.83

24.00

5%

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

MCV

(0.10)

15.46

25.86

5%

*RS Partners

RSPFX

SCC

(0.94)

11.94

34.70

5%

Pennsylvania Mutual Inv

PENNX

SCC

6.41

12.50

23.80

5%

Third Avenue Small-Cap Value

TASCX

SCV

1.35

11.09

23.28

5%

Your Brokerage Money Mkt

MM

1.86

1.86

1.29

10%

or Tax Exempt Money Mkt

TEMM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

Fidelity Investments

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Bond or

FSHBX

STB

0.74

2.16

2.53

10%

Spartan Short-Interm Muni

FSTFX

STMB

0.43

1.06

1.96

 

Mortgage Securities

FMSFX

IGB

0.19

2.10

3.36

5%

Capital & Income

FAGIX

HYB

0.68

4.54

17.86

5%

Strategic Income

FSICX

MSB

0.40

2.71

10.06

10%

Real Estate Investments

FRESX

RE

3.56

14.87

27.27

10%

International Discovery

FIGRX

Intl

5.53

18.55

26.48

10%

Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

LCC

1.81

10.27

16.25

10%

Contrafund

FCNTX

LCG

3.79

16.23

19.61

10%

Value

FDVLX

MCV

4.22

14.27

23.02

10%

Small Cap Independence

FDSCX

SCC

1.07

10.96

19.85

10%

Cash Reserves or

FDRXX

MM

1.86

1.86

1.29

10%

Spartan Muni Money

FIMXX

TEMM

1.58

1.58

1.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

Vanguard

 

 

 

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Corp

VFSTX

STB

0.82

2.24

2.85

15%

Ltd-Term Tax-Ex

VMLTX

STMB

0.43

1.14

1.82

 

GNMA

VFIIX

IGB

1.16

3.39

3.34

10%

High-Yield Corporate

VWEHX

HYB

1.38

2.85

9.36

10%

REIT Index

VGSIX

RE

1.70

11.89

25.67

10%

International Value

VTRIX

Intl

5.36

17.96

26.09

10%

Windsor II

VWNFX

LCV

0.06

7.01

18.09

10%

Strategic Equity

VSEQX

MCC

1.23

9.97

23.98

15%

Explorer

VEXPX

SCG

3.15

9.29

21.49

10%

Prime Money Mkt or

VMMXX

MM

1.96

1.96

1.33

10%

Tax Exempt Money Mkt

VMSXX

TEMM

1.73

1.73

1.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

Fidelity Brokerage Portfolio

 

Jan 1

Mar 31

Jun 30

Sep 30

December 31, 2005

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Value

Return

Return

Return

Return

Size

Value

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

STB

$17,254

-0.1

1.5

0.1

0.7

12.3%

$17,637

Fidelity Capital & Income

FAGIX

HYB

$6,742

-0.7

2.6

1.8

0.7

4.9%

$7,039

Westcore Flexible Income

WTLTX

HYB

$6,631

-2.4

2.8

0.3

-0.8

4.6%

$6,617

Fidelity Strategic Income

FSICX

MSB

$16,794

-1.1

2.7

0.8

0.4

12.0%

$17,262

Fidelity Real Estate

FRESX

RE

$9,967

-5.5

12.5

4.2

3.6

8.0%

$11,437

Third Ave Real Estate Val

TAREX

RE

$7,722

1.2

8.6

0.9

3.4

6.2%

$8,850

Alpha Hedged Strategies

ALPHX

Hdg

$7,117

-0.9

1.2

2.4

-0.2

5.1%

$7,292

*Fidelity Diversified Intl

FDIVX

Intl

$5,124

0.4

0.9

10.8

5.2

4.2%

$6,054

*Julius Baer International

BJBIX

Intl

$8,001

0.3

0.3

13.9

3.0

6.6%

$9,436

*Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

LCV

$6,540

0.3

3.4

8.4

3.8

5.3%

$7,631

*Fidelity Low-Priced Stock

FLPSX

MCV

 

 

 

4.5

1.8

5.0%

$7,142

*RS Partners

RSPFX

SCC

$7,941

-1.2

6.2

8.7

-0.9

6.2%

$8,962

Wasatch Small Cap Growth

WAAEX

SCG

$9,961

-2.7

6.7

0.6

0.6

7.3%

$10,469

*Tamarack Enterprise S

TETSX

SCV

$6,865

-4.1

2.4

6.9

-0.8

5.0%

$7,149

Fidelity Cash Reserves

FDRXX

MM

$17,112

0.6

0.6

0.8

0.9

7.5%

$10,790

 

 

 

$133,771

-23.1%

3.5%

3.5%

1.3%

100%

$143,766

* Funds Closed to New Investors.

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Portfolio

Category

Allocation

 Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

New

SPDRs (SPY)