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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 2007.

All Funds Model Portfolio

% Return

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Metropolitan West Low Duration

MWLDX

STB

2.09

6.17

4.04

8%

Westcore Plus Bond

WTIBX

IGB

1.66

5.85

4.75

8%

Westcore Flexible Income

WTLTX

HYB

4.87

14.27

7.93

10%

Cohen & Steers Realty Shares

CSRSX

RE

9.76

37.13

29.69

4%

Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

RE

9.85

30.20

24.06

4%

Alpha Hedged Strategies

ALPHX

Hdg

3.20

9.77

8.90

10%

*Julius Baer International Equiy

BJBIX

Intl

13.41

31.75

23.86

5%

UMB Scout International

UMBWX

Intl

10.62

21.51

19.70

5%

Selected American Shares S

SLASX

LCC

7.65

15.19

12.33

4%

Atlas Growth Opportunities

ASGIX

LCC

5.60

9.77

9.02

4%

TCW Dividend Focused N

TGIGX

LCV

6.51

18.19

12.64

4%

RS Value

RSVAX

MCC

8.59

16.37

18.89

4%

Kinetics Paradigm

WWNPX

MCG

12.20

27.81

21.52

4%

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

MCV

7.76

14.20

18.50

4%

*RS Partners

RSPFX

SCC

7.92

11.22

17.95

4%

Pennsylvania Mutual Inv

PENNX

SCC

8.63

14.78

15.79

4%

Kinetics Small Cap Opportuniti

KSCOX

SCV

13.01

28.50

19.17

4%

Your Brokerage Money Mkt

MM

1.27

5.07

3.60

10%

or Tax Exempt Money Mkt

 

TEMM

0.86

3.40

2.55

 

Portfolio Return

6.33

15.47

12.91

100%

Fidelity Investments

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

STB

1.17

4.56

2.85

10%

Capital & Income

FAGIX

HYB

4.87

12.53

9.98

10%

Strategic Income

FSICX

MSB

2.27

7.71

6.72

10%

Real Estate Investments

FRESX

RE

9.36

32.84

26.97

8%

International Discovery

FIGRX

Intl

11.22

24.22

20.58

12%

Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

LCC

6.98

14.58

12.28

8%

Contrafund

FCNTX

LCG

6.45

11.52

14.26

8%

Value

FDVLX

MCV

7.14

15.09

16.81

12%

Small Cap Independence

FDSCX

SCC

11.80

14.59

13.51

12%

Govt Reserves or

FDRXX

MM

1.25

5.01

3.56

10%

AMT Tax Free Money Fund

FIMXX

TEMM

0.86

3.30

2.46

 

Portfolio Return

6.40

14.16

12.70

100%

Vanguard

 

 

Return %

Insightful

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Year

Allocation

Short-Term Corp

VFSTX

STB

1.27

4.98

3.08

10%

GNMA

VFIIX

IGB

1.48

4.31

3.92

10%

High-Yield Corporate

VWEHX

HYB

3.45

8.22

6.46

10%

REIT Index

VGSIX

RE

9.07

35.07

25.49

8%

International Value

VTRIX

Intl

9.99

27.37

21.63

12%

Growth and Income

VQNPX

LCC

6.75

14.01

10.26

8%

Windsor II

VWNFX

LCV

6.60

18.25

14.40

8%

Strategic Equity

VSEQX

MCC

7.83

13.43

14.55

12%

Explorer

VEXPX

SCG

7.18

9.70

10.89

12%

Prime Money Mkt or

VMMXX

MM

1.28

5.12

3.63

10%

Tax Exempt Money Mkt

VMSXX

TEMM

0.86

3.50

2.64

 

Portfolio Return

5.54

13.71

11.37

100%

Fidelity Brokerage Portfolio

Jan 1

Mar 31

Jun 30

Sep 30

December 31, 2006

Fund Name

Symbol

Type

Value

Return

Return

Return

Return

Size

Value

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

STB

$14,637

0.6

0.7

1.8

1.2

9.3%

$15,270

Fidelity Capital & Income

FAGIX

HYB

$13,656

3.6

0.0

2.0

4.9

9.2%

$15,123

Fidelity Strategic Income

FSICX

MSB

$14,262

1.4

0.3

2.6

2.3

9.3%

$15,215

Fidelity Real Estate Investment

FRESX

RE

$5,437

13.6

1.9

8.4

9.4

4.5%

$7,461

Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

RE

$5,850

10.5

 

 

 

 

 

Cohen & Steers Realty Shares

CSRSX

RE

 

 

2.8

9.1

9.8

4.8%

$7,951

Alpha Hedged Strategies

ALPHX

Hdg

$13,292

6.6

0.0

-0.9

3.2

8.8%

$14,487

*Fidelity Diversified International

FDIVX

Intl

$6,054

9.7

-1.3

3.1

9.8

4.5%

$7,412

*Julius Baer International Equiy

BJBIX

Intl

$9,436

13.0

-1.6

4.0

13.4

7.5%

$12,377

Fidelity Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

LCC

$4,000

4.6

-0.4

3.5

7.0

2.8%

$4,614

*Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

LCG

$7,631

4.8

-0.2

0.8

6.5

5.2%

$8,561

TCW Dividend Focused N

TGIGX

LCV

 

 

0.7

6.2

6.5

2.8%

$4,556

*Fidelity Low-Priced Stock

FLPSX

MCC

$7,142

8.6

-2.9

2.1

9.8

5.1%

$8,442

Kinetics Paradigm

WWNPX

MCG

$4,000

13.0

-0.4

1.9

12.2

3.1%

$5,149

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

MCV

 

 

-1.9

2.9

7.8

2.6%

$4,348

*RS Partners

RSPFX

SCC

$5,962

8.5

-2.7

-1.8

7.9

4.1%

$6,664

UMB Scout Small Cap

UMBHX

SCG

$5,149

5.9

-2.4

-1.0

3.2

3.3%

$5,437

Kinetics Small Cap Opportunity

KSCOX

SCV

$6,469

5.9

-2.3

3.0

13.0

4.7%

$7,792

Fidelity Cash Reserves

FDRXX

MM