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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Annaly Capital Management(NLY - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Road King Infrastructure(1098.HK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Nokia(NOK - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), and bearish pieces on Marvel Entertainment(MVL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Citigroup(C - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Greenbrier(GBX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Take-Two Interactive(TTWO - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Onyx Pharmaceuticals(ONXX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Bankrate(RATE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and HealthSouth(HLS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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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 - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Leap Wireless(LEAP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), FedEx(FDX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Resource America(REXI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).

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