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.

Cheap Energy: Oil and natural-gas stocks could be at levels that represent one of the best buying opportunities in years. Barron's sees opportunities in names like Anadarko Petroleum(APC Quote), Suncor(SU Quote) and XTO Energy(XTO Quote).

---

Top-Ranked Managers: A survey top-ranked mutual-fund managers for the latest edition of Barron's Value Line. The pros are bullish on Charles Schwab(SCHW Quote) and Hudson City Bancorp(HCBK Quote) among others.

---

Long-Term Fund Manager: Barron's talks with Douglas C. Lane, president of Douglas C. Lane & Associates. The firm will only go long stocks, keeps its portfolio turnover low and invests with a long-term view. Lane currently favors General Electric(GE Quote) and Qualcomm(QCOM Quote).

---

Finding Overlooked Opportunities: Barron's talks with John Keeley Jr., founder and chief investment officer at Keeley Asset Management. He runs the Keeley Small Cap Value Fund (KSCVX). His specialty is finding under-the-radar companies that are going through restructurings or spinoffs and that trade at a discount. He likes Home Federal Bancorp(HOME Quote) and Hill-Rom Holdings(HRC Quote).

---

Speaking of Dividends: This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on Whole Foods(WFMI Quote) and Fannie Mae(FNM Quote).

---

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 American Water Works(AWK Quote), Auxilium Pharmaceutical(AUXL Quote) and Priceline.com(PCLN Quote).

---

Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like AudioCodes(AUDC Quote), National Coal(NCOC Quote) and Orient-Express Hotels(OEH Quote) (OEH).

---

Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Wachovia(WB Quote), McDonald's(MCD Quote) and Frontier Communications(FTR Quote) (FTR).

---

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 Empire Resorts(NYNY Quote), Sirius-XM Radio(SIRI Quote), Novavax(NVAX Quote) and Merrill Lynch(MER 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