This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup

Editor's note: Welcome to "Barron's Roundup." Each weekend, Stockpickr presents portfolios related to articles in the latest issue of Barron's.

Financial Services Bull: Barron's talks with Anton Schutz, portfolio manager at the Burnham Financial Industries Fund (BURFX), a large-cap financial services mutual fund he launched in April 2004. Schutz thinks a number of financial services companies are worth buying, despite the challenges that lie ahead. Among the stocks in his portfolio are JPMorgan Chase(JPM Quote), People's United Financial(PBCT Quote) and Ameriprise Financial(AMP Quote).

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Bullish and Bearish: Each week, Barron's publishes bullish and bearish stories on a variety of stocks. We present summaries of those stories in this portfolio. This week there are bullish stories on Altria Group(MO Quote) and JDS Uniphase(JDSU Quote), plus a bearish piece on Apollo Group(APOL Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on A123 Systems(AONE Quote), Marathon Oil(MRO Quote) and Comstock Resources(CRK Quote).

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'Speaking of Dividends': This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on Polo Ralph Lauren(RL Quote) and Steris(STE Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like China Agritech(CAGC Quote), Forest Oil(FST Quote) and FBR Capital Markets(FBCM Quote).

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