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.

Profiting With Heartland Values: Barron's interviews Brad Evans, lead manager of Heartland Value Plus (HRVIX). The fund is up 9.5% for the first half of 2008 and has five-star ratings from Morningstar. Among the stocks he favors are Cimarex Energy(XEC Quote) and Asset Acceptance Capital(AACC Quote).

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Halftime Show: Barron's gives itself a report card on its picks and pans for the first half of 2008. Barron's made correct calls on Marvell Technology(MRVL Quote) and Dynegy(DYN Quote) and a wrong one on American International Group(AIG Quote).

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Speaking of Dividends: This column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on Cummins(CMI Quote) and Walgreen Company(WAG 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 Nasdaq OMX(NDAQ Quote), Diageo(DEO Quote) and Qualcomm(QCOM Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Third Wave Technologies(TWTI Quote), Take-Two Interactive(TTWO Quote) and Barrier Therapeutics(BTRX Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Zions Bancorp.(ZION Quote), Deckers Outdoor(DECK Quote) and AutoZone(AZO 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 Copart(CPRT Quote), Hovnanian(HOV Quote), Isle of Capri Casinos(ISLE Quote) and GeoResources(GEOI 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