This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup

Editor's note: Welcome to Stockpickr's "Barron's Roundup." Each week, James Altucher presents Stockpickr portfolios related to articles in the latest issue of Barron's.

Five Alternative-Energy Bets: This Barron's article highlights stocks that should benefit from government spending on energy conservation, infrastructure renewal and the building of a smarter power grid. Names include Waste Management(WMI Quote), Eaton(ETN Quote) and Jacobs Engineering Group(JEC Quote).

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Top Small-Cap Players: Barron's speaks with Scott Weber and Chris Wallis, co-managers of Natixis Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (NEFJX). The fund has beaten 99% of its small-cap peers over the past three years and 98% of them over the past five years. The duo likes FactSet Research Systems(FDS Quote) and First Cash Financial Services(FCFS 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 Time Warner Cable(TWC Quote) and Sirius XM Radio(SIRI 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 Baxter International(BAX Quote), Dell(DELL Quote) and Stericycle(SRCL Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Lions Gate Entertainment(LGF Quote), Ditech Networks(DITC Quote) and Elizabeth Arden(RDEN Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on General Electric(GE Quote), Harley-Davidson(HOG Quote) and Morningstar(MORN 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 Southern Copper(PCU Quote), Wells Fargo(WFC Quote), Weatherford International(WFT Quote) and Public Storage(PSA 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