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This Week's Barron's Roundup

James Altucher

Talking to a Hedge Fund Manager: Barron's spoke with Tom Claugus, manager at Bay Resource Partners. He's currently bullish on NII(NIHD) and Canadian Natural Resources(CNQ), and bearish on Crocs(CROX).

Speaking Of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week week there's information on Raytheon(RTN) among others.

Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Bear Stearns(BSC), Sirius(SIRI) and TiVo(TIVO).

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 articles on Google(GOOG), Fiserv(FISV) and Altria(MO).

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 China Security & Surveillance(CSR), Nortel Networks(NT), DaVita(DVA) and Vail Resorts(MTN).

Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like New York Times(NYT), Premier Exhibitions(PRXI) and Building Materials(BLG).

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