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.

Growth Manager: Barron's interviews Elizabeth Bramwell, senior vice president and manager of the Sentinel Capital Growth Fund (BRGRX). Some of the names she currently favors are Jacobs Engineering(JEC Quote), Peabody Energy(BTU Quote) and IBM(IBM 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 Tyco International(TYC Quote) and Kraft Foods(KFT 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 Middleby(MIDD Quote) and McAfee(MFE Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes Flow International(FLOW Quote), Virgin Media(VMED Quote) and DayStar Technologies(DSTI Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Melco Crown Entertainment(MPEL Quote), Live Nation(LYV Quote) and PNC Financial Services(PNC 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 SourceForge(LNUX Quote), MBIA(MBI Quote), American Capital(ACAS Quote) and Grubb & Ellis(GBE Quote).

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