Stockpickr's Barron's Roundup

02/23/08 - 08:52 PM EST

James Altucher

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 - Cramer on LZB - Stock Picks), 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 - Cramer on WYNN - Stock Picks) and Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.A Quote - Cramer on BRK.A - Stock Picks).


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 - Cramer on DIS - Stock Picks), Marvell Technology(MRVL Quote - Cramer on MRVL - Stock Picks) and Abercrombie & Fitch(ANF Quote - Cramer on ANF - Stock Picks).


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 - Cramer on AVII - Stock Picks), Vertex Pharmaceuticals(VRTX Quote - Cramer on VRTX - Stock Picks), IndyMac Bancorp(IMB Quote - Cramer on IMB - Stock Picks) and Marsh & McLennan(MMC Quote - Cramer on MMC - Stock Picks)


Latest Activist Hedge Fund Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Drugstore.com(DSCM Quote - Cramer on DSCM - Stock Picks), The New York Times(NYT Quote - Cramer on NYT - Stock Picks) and AutoNation(AN Quote - Cramer on AN - Stock Picks).


Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Taser International(TASR Quote - Cramer on TASR - Stock Picks) and United Therapeutics(UTHR Quote - Cramer on UTHR - Stock Picks).

RealMoney Barometer Poll
1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading?
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2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week?
3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week?


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At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no holdings in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

James Altucher is president of Stockpickr LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for the Financial Times and the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund, Trade Like Warren Buffett and SuperCa$h. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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