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.

Adventures With Jim: Barron's talks with legendary investor Jim Rogers, author of Adventure Capitalist. He's currently bearish on Lennar (LEN Quote) and Citigroup (C Quote), and bullish on Japan Airlines(JALSY.PK Quote) among others.

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Cascade Fund Holdings: Barron's looks at the current holdings of Bill Gates' 14-year-old investment fund, Cascade Investments. Gates has a stake in stocks like PlanetOut(LGBT Quote), Pacific Ethanol(PEIX Quote) and Canadian National Railway (CNI 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 General Electric (GE Quote) and Valero Energy (VLO Quote), and a bearish piece on Lululemon Athletic (LULU 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 Washington Mutual (WM Quote) and more.

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's. This week's list includes First Marblehead (FMD Quote), Dell (DELL Quote) and Agrium (AGU Quote).

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Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's lists companies where managers are buying, and we build a portfolio of those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in stocks like CROCS (CROX Quote), Titanium Metals (TIE Quote), Philip Morris (PM Quote) and Morgan Stanley(MS Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Coinstar (CSTR Quote), Thornburg Mortgage (TMA Quote) and Silicon Storage Technology (SSTI Quote).

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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