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From Smart Money Magazine "Core and Explore" Method of Portfolio Management.
Quote "The "Core" funds of a portfolio are broad-market index funds or exchange traded funds such as the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund (VTSMX) or Barclays iShares Russell 3000 (IWV), which represent about 98% of the market...., For the Core Bond portion use Vanguard Total Bond Market (VBFMX) or iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG)." "Depending on your risk tolerance and how much you want to "play" in your portfolio, the "core" position can make up anywhere from 50 to 90 % of your equity portion. The remainder is where you speculate "Explore" ".Three model portfolios...for the "Explore" portion are as follows":
Smart Money Magazine June 04', Conservative
Smart Money Magazine June 04',  Moderate
Smart Money Magazine June 04', Aggressive

Conservative

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index	VBMFX	60%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index or    iShares Russell 3000	VTSMX IWV	24%
T.Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth or   Vanguard Mid Cap Growth Index	RPMGX VMGRX	8%
Third Avenue Small Cap Value	TASCX	4%
Laudus Rosenberg Value Long/Short or    Franklin U.S. Long/Short	BRMIX FUSLX	4%

Moderate

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index	VBMFX	30%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index or    iShares Russell 3000	VTSMX IWV	42%
Selected Special Vanguard Mid Cap Index	SLSSX VIMSX	14%
Royce Premier Vanguard Small Cap Index	RYPRX NAESX	7%
Fidelity Select Technology Nasdaq 100 Index	FSPTX QQQQ	7%

Aggressive

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index	VBMFX	10%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index or    iShares Russell 3000	VTSMX IWV	50%
Pimco RCM Global Tech or   Nasdaq 100 Index	DGTNX QQQQ	10%
Julius Baer Int'l Equity or    Vanguard Total Int'l Stock	BJBIX VGTSX	10%
Sentinel Small Company or    Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index	SAGWX VISGX	10%
Oppenheimer Developing Markets or    Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index	ODMAX VEIEX	10%

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