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.

Pros' Picks: Barron's presents the second installment of its annual New York roundtable with professional money managers. Bill Gross, Felix Zulauf, Archie MacAllaster and Abby Cohen weigh in on Duke Energy(DUK Quote), Franklin Resources(BEN Quote) and the Energy Select Sector(XLE Quote).

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Obama Greenhouse Gas Plays: This Barron's article discusses how Obama strongly supports "cap and trade," a market-based system designed to cut emissions of greenhouse gasses. Some companies that could benefit include EnerNOC(ENOC Quote), American Superconductor(AMSC Quote) and Energy Conversion Devices(ENER Quote).

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Powder Dry: Barron's speaks with Julie Lang Kirkpatrick, portfolio manager of Lang Asset Management. Most of the accounts Kirkpatrick manages are now largely in cash, but she is looking at investing in names like Adobe Systems(ADBE Quote) and Sybase(SY 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 Monsanto(MON Quote) and Linear Technology(LLTC 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 bearish stories on Martin Marietta(MLM Quote) and Vulcan Materials(VMC Quote), plus a bullish piece on Keycorp(KEY Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Whole Foods Market(WFMI Quote), Neurobiological Technologies(NTII Quote) and Johnson Outdoors(JOUT Quote)

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Expeditors International of Washington(EXPD Quote), Wendy's Arby's Group(WEN Quote) and Accenture(ACN 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 AnnTaylor Stores(ANN Quote), Travelzoo(TZOO Quote), Penwest Pharmaceuticals(PPCO Quote) and Vical(VICL 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