Model ETF Portfolios For Conservative To Aggressive Growth (ETFs: IVV, IVW, IJH, IYH, EFA, EEM, VPL, SHY, AGG, GLD, KYN)

The current evidence favors a cautiously optimistic economic and market outlook and it is appropriate to give this bull market the benefit of the doubt. Our model portfolios:
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[Editor note: These all-ETF portfolios contain one mutual fund -- PCRDH -- to capture diversified commodities. The forthcoming Deutsche Bank Commodity Index ETF (ticker: DBC) should address this current ETF gap.]

This is no time for complacency, however, and we will be keeping a close eye on longer-term interest rates, which we believe will be the pivotal factor in stock market performance in 2006.

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