Are you looking for Stock Picks? We all know you can find "stock picks" all over the web, from your neighbor, and as the old saying goes from your barber.

Barron's publishes stock picks as well. If you look back at the 2007-2008 picks it becomes clear that throwing a dart at a list of stocks in the WSJ would have done just about as good during this time period. Regardless, placing the past year aside, you can get some good trading ideas from Barron's when the market is in an uptrend.

I recently read an article in Barron's regarding Suncor (SU) the Canadian Oil Sands company. I found the article to be insightful and I learned things about the company (grow and acquisitions) that made it seem like a buy. I bought the stock and made a few bucks on it and it has continued to rally along with oil. This lead me to purchase PXE (ETF) and other folks at MTR also picked up this ETF and made some gains.

Barron’s Stock Picks & Pans

This feature tracks the performance of stocks Barron's has written about during 2009 -- both favorably and critically. For stocks featured in Barron's print magazine, prices are measured from the Friday before publication date to their current price. For stocks featured on Barrons.com, prices are measured from the trading day of publication date to their current price. This list includes U.S. stocks only, including ADRs, but not foreign stocks.