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.

Hedge Fund Flavor: Barron's talked with Emmanuel Ferreira, portfolio manager of the $1.3 billion Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund(OVOPX Quote) . Ferreira runs the fund like a hedge fund without the leverage. Some of the names he likes include Google(GOOG Quote)), Research In Motion(RIMM Quote)) and Take-Two Interactive Software(TTWO 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 Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI Quote)) and Automatic Data Processing(ADP 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 American Express(AXP Quote), Colgate Palmolive(CL Quote) and Charles Schwab(SCHW Quote)).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Diebold(DBD Quote)), Rowan(RDC Quote)) and Elizabeth Arden(RDEN Quote)).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research reports highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Macy's(M Quote)), Titanium Metals(TIE Quote)) and Salesforce.com(CRM 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 in which managers are buying stock, and we build a portfolio with those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in Corning(GLW Quote)), Monster(MNST Quote)), Herbalife>(HLF Quote)) and Allergan>(AGN 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