This Week's 'Barron's Roundup'

Stock quotes in this article: WEN , PDCO , HSIC , DRI , PETM , MMR , ETFC  

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.

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 is a bullish article on Wendy's Arby's Group(WEN Quote) and a bearish piece on Henry Schein(HSIC Quote) and Patterson(PDCO Quote).


'Speaking of Dividends': This Barron's column highlights the latest dividend increases, initiations and cutbacks. This week there's information on Darden Restaurants(DRI Quote) and PetSmart(PETM 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 McMoRan Exploration(MMR Quote), E*TRADE Financial(ETFC Quote), Livewire Mobile(LVWR Quote) and Staples(SPLS Quote).


Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Abercrombie & Fitch(ANF Quote), UTStarcom(UTSI Quote) and STAAR Surgical(STAA Quote).


Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Juniper Networks(JNPR Quote), Walgreen(WAG Quote) and Republic Bancorp(RBCAA Quote).


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2 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move up in the coming week?
3 Which of these sectors do you think is set to move down in the coming week?


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