This Week's Barron's Roundup

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.

Biotech stocks doomed for failure?: Barron's homes in on a few biotech companies that might have troubling lab tests, including GlaxoSmithKline(GSK Quote) and Abbott Laboratories.

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Charting The Bulls Next Move: Barron's uses technical analysis to predict which stocks are headed up, and which are headed down. According to this article, the charts are bullish on Xerox, Schering-Plough(SGP Quote) and others. They're bearish on Whole Foods Market and Starbucks(SBUX Quote).

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The Best Old Media Stock: Is it possible to fix an old media company? Barron's finds a southern TV company that might be the old media play of the century.

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Barron's Insider Purchases: This week's top insider purchases. We provide a little more color by detailing who it is that's doing the buying. Some of this week's top picks include Leucadia National(LUK Quote) and Akamai(AKAM Quote)

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Speaking Of Dividends: Barron's lists a few companies that just increased their dividends.

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Research Reports: Every week, Barron's publishes research reports on various companies. We provide a portfolio of those stocks, along with synopses of the reports. This week's list includes buys on Smithfield Foods and Dentsply.

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Barron's Activist Situations: Each week, Barron's picks out the most interesting situations where activist investors are clamoring for change.

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Best Global Real Estate Funds : Is it time to invest in U.S. real-estate investment trusts? Barron's thinks so. This article explains why and lists mutual funds playing in this sector that you should check out.

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New Stocks for the Energy Boom : Is the energy boom just starting? Barron's finds the small- and mid-cap plays that you can ride to the finish line in the next energy boom.

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Barron's Summaries - Bullish and Bearish: Barron's has bullish stories on GE, Dow Jones and others.

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Baron Asset Fund : The top holdings of one of the best small-cap growth mutual funds ever.

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Barron's Top Closed-End Funds: Many solid closed-end funds trade at sizable discounts to their net asset value. It's like buying a dollar for 90 cents in each situation. Here are the top closed-end funds trading at sizable discounts.

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Upcoming Stock Splits: Often a stock goes up after it splits. Here's the list of upcoming splits in the next two weeks.