Starting an ETF

[beafet]

I wonder what it would take to start an ETF based on the Permanent Portfolio? Any ideas? I know a mutual fund would be pretty expensive, but a cheap(er) way to do it could be an ETF that is a collection of other ETFs...
Maybe:

25% VTI
25% BIL
25% TLT
10% IAU
5% GLD
5% SGOL
5% AGOL


or something similar...

[clacy]

Buying funds for stocks and gold would probably be a smart move, but buying treasuries outright for the bond and cash portions would probably be the most cost effective way to go, IMO.

[beafet]

It would save some cost, but would neccessitate more involvement and be last passive, thus driving up costs, I would think.

[edsanville]

This would be a really convenient thing to have... although you wouldn't be able to allocate properly between taxable and tax-exempt accounts.