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.

Cash Is King: Barron's says investors should take advantage of the market selloff and look for companies with strong balance sheets. Some of the cash-rich companies Barron's likes are Apple(AAPL Quote), Microsoft(MSFT Quote) and Paccar(PCAR Quote).

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Energy Picks: Barron's says master limited partnerships look inexpensive. Some of the MLPs that Barron's favors are El Paso Pipeline(EPB Quote), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners(BWP Quote) and OneOk(OKE Quote).

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Value Team: Barron's talks with the team at Sound Shore Fund (SSHFX). Managers James Clark, Harry Burn, John DeGulis and T. Gibbs Kane run a value shop with around $7 billion under management. Their picks include Credit Suisse(CS Quote) and Pfizer(PFE 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 United Technologies(UTX Quote) and Kinder Morgan Energy(KMP Quote).

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Bullish and Bearish: Each week, Barron's publishes bullish and bearish stories on a variety of stocks (and sometimes, market indices). We present summaries of those stories in this portfolio. This week, there are bullish stories on the Dow and RealNetworks(RNWK Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Brooks Automation(BRKS Quote), Unisys(UIS Quote) and Matrixx Initiatives(MTXX Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on AIG(AIG Quote), SunPower(SPWR Quote) and Hartford Financial(HIG Quote) (HIG).

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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 Wynn Resorts(WYNN Quote), Monogram Biosciences(MGRM Quote), Micromet(MITI Quote) and Titanium Metals(TIE 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