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.

Talking to a Hedge Fund Manager: Barron's spoke with Tom Claugus, manager at Bay Resource Partners. He's currently bullish on NII(NIHD Quote) and Canadian Natural Resources(CNQ Quote), and bearish on Crocs(CROX Quote).

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Speaking Of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week week there's information on Raytheon(RTN Quote) among others.

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Bear Stearns(BSC Quote), Sirius(SIRI Quote) and TiVo(TIVO Quote).

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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 articles on Google(GOOG Quote), Fiserv(FISV Quote) and Altria(MO Quote).

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Top Insider Purchases of the Week: Insider purchases are a lot more predictive than insider selling. Barron's lists companies where managers are buying, and we build a portfolio of those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in stocks like China Security & Surveillance(CSR Quote), Nortel Networks(NT Quote), DaVita(DVA Quote) and Vail Resorts(MTN Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like New York Times(NYT Quote), Premier Exhibitions(PRXI Quote) and Building Materials(BLG Quote).

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1 What would best describe your stance heading into the coming week of trading? Bullish Bearish Neutral 2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities 3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week? --Choose One--Aerospace and DefenseAirlinesAutomobilesBeverages and Food ProductsBiotechnologyCommercial BanksComputers and PeripheralsConsumer NondurablesEnergy Equipment & ServicesHMOs and HospitalsHomebuildingInsuranceIntegrated OilInternet, Software ServicesInvestment Bankers and BrokersMediaMultiline RetailPharmaceuticalsPrecious MetalsSemis, Semi EquipmentTelecom EquipmentTobacco and AlcoholWireless CommunicationsUtilities View the results without voting