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.

10 Takeover Targets: This Barron's article identifies 10 takeover targets in the technology sector. Among the stocks mentioned are F5 Networks(FFIV Quote), Riverbed Technology(RVBD Quote), Brocade Communications Systems(BRCD Quote) and Red Hat(RHT Quote).

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Managed-Care Buys: This Barron's article says some managed-care companies will remain relatively unaffected by the Obama administration's changes to health care policy. In fact, some could rise as much as 25%. Among the stocks mentioned are WellPoint(WLP Quote), Cigna(CI Quote) and UnitedHealth Group(UNH Quote).

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Relative-Value Manager: Barron's talks with Jerry Senser, CEO and chief investment officer of Institutional Capital, a large-cap value shop in Chicago with around $14.5 billion in assets. Senser is willing to buy stocks that might normally be considered growth names but have encountered significant investment issues and have had their valuations become depressed. Among the stocks in his portfolio are Schering-Plough(SGP Quote) and Textron(TXT 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 Teradata(TDC Quote), Novatel Wireless(NVTL Quote) and TJX(TJX Quote).

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Latest Activist Purchases: Which companies are the top hedge funds chasing? This week's list includes names like Perot Systems(PER Quote), Gold Reserve(GRZ Quote) and Calpine(CPN 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 Corcept Therapeutics(CORT Quote), Safeway(SWY Quote), Magellan Petroleum(MPET Quote) and Progenics Pharmaceuticals(PGNX Quote).

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Research Reports: The latest analyst research highlighted by Barron's, including reports this week on General Electric(GE Quote), Weatherford International(WFT Quote) and Gannett(GCI Quote).

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