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.

High Yielders: Barron's highlights a number of stocks that are now showing much higher dividend yields due to the recent market selloff. They include Legacy Reserves(LGCY Quote) and Annaly Capital Management(NLY Quote).

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Seeing Doomsday: Barron's interviews Peter D. Schiff, president and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. Schiff is well-known on Wall Street for his extremely bearish view on the future of America. He currently holds bullish positions in international stocks like Oxiana(OXR.AX Quote) and Road King Infrastructure(1098.HK Quote).

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Speaking of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on CME Group(CME 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 stories on Petrobras(PBR Quote) and Nokia(NOK Quote), and bearish pieces on Marvel Entertainment(MVL Quote) and Citigroup(C Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes Fording Canadian Coal Trust(FDG Quote), Greenbrier(GBX Quote) and Take-Two Interactive(TTWO Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Onyx Pharmaceuticals(ONXX Quote), Bankrate(RATE Quote) and HealthSouth(HLS 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 stock, and we build a portfolio with those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in KeyCorp(KEY Quote), Leap Wireless(LEAP Quote), FedEx(FDX Quote) and Resource America(REXI Quote).

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