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.
Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barrons lists the stocks where company managers or officials are buying, and we build a portfolio of those stocks. There's been interesting activity recently in Harley-Davidson(HOG Quote), Fannie Mae(FNM Quote), Marchex(MCHX Quote) and Six Flags(SIX Quote).Barrons Summaries: 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 Harley Davidson and Harrah's Entertainment(HET Quote).
Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barrons. This week they include reports on Blue Coat Systems(BCSI Quote), Cyberonics(CYBX Quote) and Hewlett Packard(HPQ Quote).
Latest Activist Hedge Fund Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Blockbuster(BBI Quote) and Transmeta(TMTA Quote).
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