The majority of professionally managed model portfolios on Spectrum’s Total Access Record Keeping (TARK) platform again beat investment performance benchmarks for the third quarter of 2009.   The average rate of return for Q3 was 12.67 % for a 60% stock and 40% bond model portfolio, compared to 10.86% for the benchmark. The average return for other model portfolios also fared well compared to the benchmarks in Q3.  Click here to read Spectrum's "Investment Performance Report" for the Third Quarter of 2009