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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Canadian Natural Resources(CNQ - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), and bearish on Crocs(CROX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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

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

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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Fiserv(FISV - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Altria(MO - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Nortel Networks(NT - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), DaVita(DVA - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Vail Resorts(MTN - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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

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