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Stockpickr: Barron's Roundup

05/13/07 - 10:19 AM EDT

James Altucher

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

Barron's Insider Purchases: Each week, Barron's lists the latest stock purchases by company insiders. We provide a little more color on who's doing the buying. This week's list includes mega-exchange and Cramer favorite NYSE Euronext.


Research Reports: Every week, Barron's publishes research reports on various companies. We provide a portfolio of their stocks, along with synopses of the reports. This week, Global Sources and Hewlett-Packard received buy and sell ratings, respectively.


Bullish and Bearish: The stocks profiled in individual stories in this week's Barron's. Among others, Barron's was bullish on Reuters(RTRSY - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Annaly Capital Management, and bearish (again) on Motorola.


Barron's Activist Situations: Each week, Barron's picks out the most interesting situations where activist investors are clamoring for change. This week's list include 3COM and Ceridian.


Speaking of Dividends: Which companies this week are boosting their dividends?


Cover Story: The Top 500 Companies: How have previous top companies done? This year's top 20, plus analysis. Several usual suspects are featured, including Goldman Sachs and Microsoft.


Barron's: Top Steel Stocks. An interview with steel expert Michelle Applebaum, who outlines her top picks for the upcoming year, including Reliance Steel & Aluminum.


Mutual Fund Profile: The (FBRVX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr)FBR SmallCap Value Fund has returned 19.8% per year for the past five years. Its manager, Charles Akre, outlines his top picks right now.


The $100 Club: Michael Santoli discusses the pros and cons of owning a stock with a three-digit price. Those mentioned include newcomer Apple and old-timers Goldman Sachs and Google.


The Top Morgan Stanley Healthcare Picks: Super-analyst Henry McVey from Morgan Stanley is back with his top health care plays. They include Merck. He also names the stocks he'd avoid now, including Amgen.


A French Toast: It's nonstop love for these stocks as Sarkozy assumes power in France.


Top Disk Drive Makers: Everybody hates them; Barron's loves them (and picks the top two).

RealMoney Barometer Poll

1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading?
Bullish
Bearish
Neutral
2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week?
3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week?


View the results without voting
At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no holdings in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

James Altucher is president of Stockpickr LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs several quantitative-based hedge funds as well as a fund of hedge funds. He is also the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund and Trade Like Warren Buffett. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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