Stockpickr
This Week's Barron's Roundup
James Altucher
09/07/08 - 09:51 AM EDT
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.
Market's Finest: Barron's asked professional investors their picks for the world's most respected companies. Some of the names that made the list of this fourth annual survey include Apple (AAPL Quote), Google (GOOG Quote) and Visa (V Quote).
Speaking of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week features Guess? (GES Quote) and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX Quote) .
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 Discover Financial Services (DFS Quote), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH Quote) and Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN Quote).
Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like National Coal (NCOC Quote), Horsehead Holdings (ZINC Quote) and ExpressJet Holdings (XJT Quote).
Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Energy Conversion Devices (ENER Quote), Palm (PALM Quote) and Celgene (CELG Quote).
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 Tree.com (TREE Quote), Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS Quote) and J. Crew Group (JCG Quote).
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