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.

Bullish and Bearish: The stocks profiled in individual stories in this week's Barron's. There was a bearish cover story on the recent Blackstone(BX Quote - Cramer on BX - Stock Picks) IPO. Barron's also had bullish pieces on Cisco(CSCO Quote - Cramer on CSCO - Stock Picks) and Intel(INTC Quote - Cramer on INTC - Stock Picks), and a bearish story on Crocs(CROX Quote - Cramer on CROX - Stock Picks).

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Schneider Capital Management: The company's founder, Arnie Schneider, gives his top picks. Pay attention, because he has an excellent track record. His (SCMLX Quote - Cramer on SCMLX - Stock Picks)Schneider Value Fund is up 29.2% annually, on average, since its October 2002 launch.

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The Striking Price -- Car Companies discusses whether or not automakers can emerge from their slump.

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The Best ETFs: Interview with Morgan Stanley's head ETF analyst on his favorite choices in this burgeoning market.

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Barron's Insider Purchases: Each week, Barron's compiles a list of companies where insiders have been purchasing shares. We build a portfolio of these stocks and tell you who else owns them. This week's portfolio of about 20 companies includes homebuilder Brookfield Homes(BHS Quote - Cramer on BHS - Stock Picks) and breast implant maker Mentor(MNT Quote - Cramer on MNT - Stock Picks).

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Research Reports: In every issue, Barron's publishes research reports on various companies. We provide a portfolio of those stocks, along with synopses of the reports. This week, there were bullish reports on Circuit City(CC Quote - Cramer on CC - Stock Picks), Yahoo!(YHOO Quote - Cramer on YHOO - Stock Picks) and more.

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Barron's Activist Situations: Each week, Barron's compiles a list of recent 13D filings. Investors (typically activist hedge funds) must file 13Ds when they accumulate more than 5% of a publicly traded company. Often, these investors plan to push for change, i.e., the sale of the company or some of its assets, replacement of management, a share buyback, etc.

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Speaking of Dividends: Which companies this week are sweetening their dividends? Palm(PALM Quote - Cramer on PALM - Stock Picks) and Home Depot(HD Quote - Cramer on HD - Stock Picks) are among those doing so.

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? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities 3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities View the results without voting