This Week's Barron's Roundup

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.

Barron's Speaking Of Dividends: This column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week, there's dividend news about MBIA(MBI Quote).

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Barron's 2008 Roundtable Stock Picks: Barron's interviews money managers for its annual "Roundtable" feature. Oscar Schafer, managing partner of O.S.S. Capital Management, likes Medivation(MDVN Quote) and Wyndham Worldwide(WYN Quote), among others.

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Latest Activist Hedge Fund Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? Among the stocks on this week's list are CNET Networks(CNET Quote), Brinks(BCO Quote) and 1-800-Flowers.com(FLWS Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's. This week, there are reports on Starbucks(SBUX Quote), Fred's(FRED Quote) and more.

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Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's identifies stocks where managers are buying, and we build a portfolio with them. On this week's list: Isle of Capri Casinos(ISLE Quote), OpenTV(OPTV Quote), Pep Boys(PBY Quote) and Sinclair Broadcast(SBGI Quote).

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Barron's 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 Terex(TEX Quote) and First Horizon(FHN Quote).