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.

Potential Winners: Barron's presents the final installment of its annual New York roundtable discussion with professional money managers. Scott Black, Marc Faber, Mario Gabelli and Oscar Shafer offer their ideas. Among the names they like: BHP Billiton (BHP), Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) and StealthGas (GASS).

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Big Oil Buys: This Barron's article says big oil stocks and energy prices are due to rise soon. Some of the names mentioned are ExxonMobil (XOM), BP (BP) and Petrobras (PBR).

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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 Fastenal (FAST) and Dryships (DRYS).

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Bullish and Bearish: Barron's publishes bullish and bearish stories on a variety of stocks each week. We present summaries of those stories in this portfolio. This week there are bullish stories on H.J. Heinz (HNZ), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Borders Group (BGP), Republic Services (RSG) and Loud Technologies (LTEC).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Dendreon (DNDN), State Street (STT) and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE).

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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 Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI), Bank of America (BAC), Oracle (ORCL) and Monsanto (MON).

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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

At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no holdings of stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

James Altucher is president of Stockpickr LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for the Financial Times and the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund, Trade Like Warren Buffett and SuperCa$h. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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