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.

Energy Takeovers: Barron's thinks some small oil and gas drillers that operate in the shale regions could go up 100% through mergers and takeovers. Some of the targets include Quicksilver Resources(KWK Quote) and St. Mary Land & Exploration(SM Quote).

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Bearish On Private Equity: Barron's believes the private equity industry is in trouble as banks look for higher yields on debt financing. Some of the names mentioned in the article include CC Media Holdings(CCMO Quote), Blackstone Group(BX Quote) and Franklin Resources(BEN 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 Joy Global(JOYG Quote) and Harris(HRS 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 Lawson Software(LWSN Quote), Prudential Financial(PRU Quote) and Logitech International(LOGI Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Radvision(RVSN Quote), Orient-Express Hotels(OEH Quote) and MI Development(MIM Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Boots & Coots International(WEL Quote), Target(TGT Quote) and The Gap(GPS 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 Brightpoint(CELL Quote), SLM(SLM Quote), Loews(L Quote) and Abiomed(ABMD 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