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This Week's Barron's Roundup

James Altucher

Speaking of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on IBM(IBM Quote - Cramer on IBM - Stock Picks), Exxon Mobil(XOM Quote - Cramer on XOM - Stock Picks) and Chevron(CVX Quote - Cramer on CVX - Stock Picks).

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 Melco PBL Entertainment(MPEL Quote - Cramer on MPEL - Stock Picks), General Dynamics(GD Quote - Cramer on GD - Stock Picks) and Time Warner(TWX Quote - Cramer on TWX - Stock Picks), plus a bearish piece on Cisco(CSCO Quote - Cramer on CSCO - Stock Picks).

Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Circuit City(CC Quote - Cramer on CC - Stock Picks), Enzon Pharmaceutical(ENZN Quote - Cramer on ENZN - Stock Picks) and Bronco Drilling(BRNC Quote - Cramer on BRNC - Stock Picks).

Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Visa(V Quote - Cramer on V - Stock Picks), Rockwell Collins(COL Quote - Cramer on COL - Stock Picks) and Entergy(ETR Quote - Cramer on ETR - Stock Picks).

Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's lists companies where managers are buying stock, and we build a portfolio with those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in Schering-Plough(SGP Quote - Cramer on SGP - Stock Picks), MBIA(MBI Quote - Cramer on MBI - Stock Picks), Valence Technology(VLNC Quote - Cramer on VLNC - Stock Picks) and Kimberly-Clark(KMB Quote - Cramer on KMB - Stock Picks).