Excerpt: "Charles Norton, manager of the Vice Fund (VICEX) in Dallas, believes the spinoff will let Altria unlock the true value of its core tobacco business"

Barron's Michael Santoli thinks Western Union could climb 14 percent or more. There are concerns money transfers over the Mexican border could drop off because of the current immigration policy debate. That plus the recent spinoff selling could be suppressing the price of this stock.

A summary of the October 9th Barron's. This edition includes interesting articles on Western Union, Sotheby's, and the networking sector.