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.
Speaking Of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week, there's information on La-Z-Boy(LZB Quote), among others.Interview With David Winters: Barron's interviews David Winters, CEO of Wintergreen Advisers. Winters runs the Wintergreen Fund, which has $1.6 billion under management and scores in the middle of Morningstar's world-equity category. Some of the stocks Winters favors are Wynn Resorts(WYNN Quote) and Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.A Quote).
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 Disney(DIS Quote), Marvell Technology(MRVL Quote) and Abercrombie & Fitch(ANF Quote).
Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's lists companies where insiders are buying, and we make a portfolio of those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in AVI Biopharma(AVII Quote), Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX Quote), IndyMac Bancorp(IMB Quote) and Marsh & McLennan(MMC Quote)
Latest Activist Hedge Fund Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Drugstore.com(DSCM Quote), The New York Times(NYT Quote) and AutoNation(AN Quote).
Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Taser International(TASR Quote) and United Therapeutics(UTHR Quote).
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