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.

Large-Cap Value Player: Barron's talks with Joe Skornicka, lead manager of the Munder Large-Cap Value Fund (MUGAX), which oversees $63 million. Skornicka sold his positions in stocks such as Lehman Brothers and Citigroup(C Quote) before they collapsed. Some of the names he likes now are JPMorgan Chase(JPM Quote) and Annaly Capital Management(NLY 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 Consol Energy(CNX Quote), DirecTV(DTV Quote) and Avon Products(AVP 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 Corrections Corporation of America(CXW Quote), Deckers Outdoor(DECK Quote), New York Community Bancorp(NYB Quote) and China Medical Technologies(CMED Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.B Quote), New York Times(NYT Quote) and Warner Music Group(WMG Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on American Oriental Bioengineering(AOB Quote), U.S. Bancorp(USB Quote) and Penn National Gaming(PENN 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