This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup

Stock quotes in this article: RIMM , AAPL , GLW , PFBC , MVC , GOOG , IDCC  

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.

Top Bond Funds: Barron's highlights six managers who are finding value in the treacherous bond market. They share three characteristics: They're conservative, savvy and experienced. The funds include the Fidelity Government Income Fund (FGOVX), Legg Mason Partners Managed Municipals Fund (SHMMX) and Templeton Global Bond Fund (TPINX).

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 Research In Motion(RIMM Quote), Apple(AAPL Quote) and Corning(GLW Quote).

Small-Cap Value: Barron's talks with John E. Deysher, portfolio manager of the $53 million Pinnacle Value Fund (PVFIX). Deysher thinks small-cap stocks are set to bounce. Among the names he likes are Preferred Bank(PFBC Quote) and MVC Capital(MVC Quote).

Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Google(GOOG Quote), InterDigital(IDCC Quote) and Agrium(AGU Quote).

'Speaking of Dividends': This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on Wal-Mart(WMT Quote), Norfolk Southern(NSC Quote) and Bank of America(BAC Quote).

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 Icahn Enterprises(IEP Quote), General Mills(GIS Quote), Industrial Services of America(IDSA Quote) and T 3 Energy Services(TTES Quote).

Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Tiffany(TIF Quote), Target(TGT Quote) and Websense(WBSN Quote).

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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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