This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup

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

Global Growth Hunter: Barron's talks with Robert Levitt, chief investment officer of Levitt Capital Management. Levitt searches the globe for growth stocks, and he's finding that the best ones are rarely in the U.S. anymore. Among the stocks in his portfolio are BHP Billiton(BHP Quote), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile(SQM Quote) and Apple(AAPL 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 eBay(EBAY Quote) and Vivendi(VIVDY.PK Quote), plus a bearish piece on Potash(POT Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like JDA Software Group(JDAS Quote), Hhgregg(HGG Quote) and Axsys Technologies(AXYS 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 shares, and we build a portfolio with those companies' stocks. There has been interesting activity in Halliburton(HAL Quote), Regions Financial(RF Quote), Valence Technology(VLNC Quote) and Orexigen Therapeutics(OREX Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on Yahoo!(YHOO Quote), Ingersoll Rand(IR Quote) and Signature Bank(SBNY 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